Streeting was actively touting the financial savings that could be made from improving active travel less than a year ago, it was a major part of his wider prevention agenda which was supposedly a core pillar of his 10 year plan...
Dean Hochlaf
He said: "What I am saying is that that money is not, I think, as urgent and essential in that area of public spending as the defence of our country, and you know, government is about making choices right across the board."
Quite odd for a former health secretary.