Wes Streeting Will Forgo Salary for First Three Months as UK Defence Secretary
Newly appointed UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting will not receive a salary for his first three months in the role, HuffPost UK has exclusively learned. Streeting, who resigned as Health Secretary two months ago in protest of Keir Starmer's leadership, received a severance payment of £16,876 (equivalent to three months' cabinet minister salary) upon leaving his previous post. His rapid return to government under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham raised questions about whether he would return the lump sum. Instead, he will forgo his ministerial salary for the three-month period, in line with House of Commons guidance that is not mandatory. The article contrasts Streeting's decision with that of former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who was reappointed as Housing Secretary by Burnham after a 10-month absence and has refused calls to return her severance pay, stating she is under no obligation to do so.
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