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Wes Streeting: “We used to be a country that could do great things. With the promise that the next generation can have it better than…”

On the recordJune 16, 2026
We used to be a country that could do great things. With the promise that the next generation can have it better than the last. We still can. And I want to give people reason to believe again.
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Wes Streeting
Labour Party

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Speech outlining plans if he becomes prime minister.

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