The MP for Ealing North has not run a major department before, but has a reputation as one of the few politicians ‘nobody hates’
The softly spoken former Treasury minister who has replaced Wes Streeting has spent most of his parliamentary career toeing the party line, staying out of the headlines and quietly burnishing his credentials as a reliable cabinet colleague.
At the age of 42, James Murray, the Labour and Co-operative MP for Ealing North, now has one of the biggest jobs in government. He arrives as the new health secretary as one of the least divisive figures in government, and arguably one of the least publicly tested.
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