“I think Wes will be quite good - he was always good at getting money for health.” Wes Streeting was “great” in the health department and it is a “pity” he’s left, but the MoD needs someone “who is going to get the cash” for defence spending, says columnist for The Times Alice Thomson. Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton were speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/