Health Secretary insists he did not ask NHS boss to leave her job

Speaking at an event at Apple’s headquarters in London, Mr Streeting referred to the Covid pandemic, saying: “Firstly, I’ve loved working with Amanda Pritchard for nearly eight months now, since I became Health and Social Care Secretary – she’s given me wise counsel, she has led the NHS from the front, and not just since we’ve been working together, but actually over the last more than half a decade now, including leading the country out of the worst health emergency in modern times.