Wes Streeting
British politician
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| April 2025 | Streeting apologized for the 'fear and anxiety' caused by the puberty blockers ban after being confronted by protesters at a trade union conference in Liverpool. |
| March 25 2025 | Two members of Trans Kids Deserve Better attempted to confront Streeting during a Guardian Live event and were escorted out of the venue. |
| February 2025 | QueerAF revealed Streeting had met with members of Bayswater Support Group, a group known for extreme anti-trans positions. |
| 2024 | Retained Ilford North constituency in the general election, winning by a narrow margin of 528 votes against independent candidate Leanne Mohamad. |
| December 2024 | Streeting announced an indefinite ban on puberty blocker prescriptions for transgender under-18s in both NHS and private sectors. |
| August 2024 | Trans Kids Deserve Better began leaving a paper coffin outside Streeting's constituency office daily to protest the ban on puberty blockers. |
| July 31 2024 | Streeting met with representatives of Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups after an investigative report revealed potential child abuse practices. |
| April 2024 | Welcomed the final Cass Review report on gender services for children and young people, calling for a watershed moment in NHS gender identity services. |
| January 2024 | Supported single-sex wards in hospitals, with potential separate wards for transgender people in the future. |
| July 2023 | Apologised for the treatment of Rosie Duffield regarding her views on gender self-identification and gender recognition reforms. |
| May 2023 | Ranked sixth in the New Statesman's Left Power List, described as 'one of the most prominent and confident members' of the shadow cabinet. |
| February 2022 | Re-selected as the Labour candidate for Ilford North at the 2024 general election. |
| November 2021 | Promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the shadow cabinet reshuffle. |
| May 2021 | Appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty during the shadow cabinet reshuffle. |
| October 16 2020 | Streeting became Shadow Minister for Schools, succeeding Margaret Greenwood who had resigned the previous day. |
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