Ministers share the "same frustrations" over the Gaza war as protesters, Wes Streeting has said.

The health secretary said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy are "working intensively" with international allies to try to bring the conflict to an end.

This includes the return of Israeli hostages from Gaza and a ceasefire - "and crucially, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state", he said.

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Image: Wes Streeting. Pic: Reuters

Mr Streeting added: "Those of us who are in positions of power in government share all the same frustrations that the people who are marching on the streets because we want to see an end to this conflict, we want to see peace for Israelis and for P

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