Labour faces ‘severe questions’ if Wakefield by-election misplaced, says Wes Streeting

This week’s by-election in Wakefield is a must-win for Labour, senior frontbencher Wes Streeting has stated.

The shadow well being secretary stated Sir Keir Starmer’s get together would face “severe questions” if it didn’t take the essential red-wall seat again from the Tories.

Thursday’s contest in West Yorkshire is a “huge check” of whether or not voters in key seats within the north and Midlands are able to put their belief in Labour once more, the shadow minister stated.