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Wes Streeting: “We can’t carry on with this uncertainty and paralysis, and there will need to be a contest, and I’d be prepared to do…”

On the recordJune 17, 2026
We can’t carry on with this uncertainty and paralysis, and there will need to be a contest, and I’d be prepared to do that.
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Wes Streeting
Labour Party

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Commenting on the need for a leadership contest in Labour.

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