Streeting to be questioned by Victoria Derbyshire after Labour retains Starmer’s former seatpublished at 08:44 BST
08:44 BST
Jamie Whitehead
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Defence Secretary Wes Streeting is in the hot seat this morning speaking to Victoria Derbyshire, who is stepping in to host Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
For Streeting, it comes at the end of a week which saw his Labour Party see off the challenge from Green Party leader Zack Polanski in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
Camden council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali held the north London seat for Labour, but the party’s majority was reduced from 11,572 to 3,364.
The by-election, triggered after former Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood down as an MP, had been seen as a key test of whether Labour under Andy Burnham can win over voters who have switched to the Greens.
Polanski has vowed to stay on as Green Party leader after his by-election defeat, as he faced pressure from within his own party to resign.
Also appearing on the programme this morning are shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith, Scottish First Minister John Swinney and chair of Jewish Greens, Vivien Lichtenstein.
We’ve also got an interview with Richard E Grant and Christine Baranski coming up.
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