Health Secretary Wes Streeting Heckled During Budget Debate

In a striking incident during the parliamentary debate on the Budget, Health Secretary Wes Streeting was admonished for his heckling while Rishi Sunak addressed the Commons. Deputy Speaker Nusrat Ghani directly confronted Streeting, recalling their earlier agreement to maintain order and decorum, stating, “Mr Streeting, you promised me this morning,” and emphasizing the importance of keeping promises in parliamentary conduct.

As Sunak responded to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ inaugural budget, he leveled serious accusations against her, claiming she had "fiddled the figures." He quoted Reeves directly, claiming she had assured the British public that she wouldn't alter the debt target, and charged that she had reneged on that pledge by manipulating figures to permit increased borrowing. Sunak insisted this pattern of broken promises would ultimately impact working people negatively.

In her remarks, Ms. Ghani also expressed her criticism of the Labour Party and the Government for leaking Budget information ahead of the official statement in the Commons. This tension continued to build as Sunak characterized Labour’s approach as lacking transparency in their electoral promises to the British populace.