Alan Milburn to be given lead role in Labour’s health ministry

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Alan Milburn to be given lead role in Labour’s health ministry

Move reignites row over Labour figures with private interests having access to government


Wes Streeting is to hand Alan Milburn a lead role in the running of his health ministry, in a move that has reignited the row over Labour figures with private interests having access to government.

The health secretary is preparing to appoint Milburn, who was a radical reformer of the NHS in his time in that post under Tony Blair, as the lead non-executive director of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

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