Streeting: Labour needs to counter ‘growing sense of despair’

Labour came third place in Caerphilly's by-election

The British public have a sense of despair about the way the country is run and Labour must demonstrate it can deliver in office, Wes Streeting said.

The British public have a sense of despair about the way the country is run and Labour must demonstrate it can deliver in office, Wes Streeting said.

The Cabinet minister said Sir Keir Starmer’s administration had not told a “compelling enough story” about its achievements, and he acknowledged people were not yet feeling the change they voted for at the general election.

His comments came in the wake of the party’s humiliation in the Senedd by-election in Caerphilly, a town which has been Labour for more than 100 years.

Mr Streeting compared Labour’s third place in Caerphilly to the 202