Wes Streeting

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Wesley Paul William Streeting (; born 21 January 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since 2026. He previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2024 until his resignation in 2026. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015. Streeting read history at the University of Cambridge and was president of the Cambridge Students' Union from 2004 to 2005. He was president of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 2008 to 2010. Streeting also worked for Progress, a Labour Party–related organisation, for a year before working in the public sector. In 2010 he was elected to Redbridge London Borough Council for Labour and became deputy leader of the council in May 2014. Streeting was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Ilford North at the 2015 general election and resigned as the council's deputy leader before standing down as a councillor in 2018. He was returned to Parliament...

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