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Chris Mason: Why a quick meeting is overshadowing the King's Speech
Key takeaways
- Chris Mason Political editor Wes Streeting leaves No 10 minutes after arrival.
- The prime minister has met the Health Secretary Wes Streeting in private – a meeting offered by Sir Keir Starmer to cabinet ministers after Tuesday's cabinet meeting and an offer Streeting took up.
- It was a very short meeting - under 20 minutes - and we may not know what happened in Number 10 immediately.
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Chris Mason Political editor Wes Streeting leaves No 10 minutes after arrival. It is quite something when two blokes having a cup of coffee can generate more headlines and conversation than the King coming to parliament for the main ceremonial event of the parliamentary calendar.
Both these things are happening this morning. The prime minister has met the Health Secretary Wes Streeting in private – a meeting offered by Sir Keir Starmer to cabinet ministers after Tuesday's cabinet meeting and an offer Streeting took up.
It was a very short meeting - under 20 minutes - and we may not know what happened in Number 10 immediately.
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