Wes Streeting has voiced frustration with the Labour leadership’s “practical, technocratic approach” just weeks after he was accused of plotting to unseat Sir Keir Starmer.

The Health Secretary warned that the Government is failing to communicate its achievements and values, and risks presenting itself as the “maintenance department for the country”.

His intervention will do nothing to quell speculation about the Prime Minister’s political future as Labour struggles in the polls.

Downing Street said the Government had a “great story to tell” and insisted that what Mr Streeting was “setting out is that the public voted for change”.

Mr Streeting’s veiled criticism of Sir Keir’s approach comes after he last month denied seeking to replace the Labour leader in Downing Street.

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