Wes Streeting says he has “nothing to hide” over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case.
The messages seen by Sky News include the health secretary admitting he fears he is “toast at the next election”, that he thinks the government has “no growth strategy at all”, and that Israel is “committing war crimes before our eyes”.
Mr Streeting disagreed with the suggestion by Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby that the messages show he had an “intimate friendship” with Lord Mandelson. You can read the full exchanges here.
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