The Saj gets a rebrand

Sajid Javid is having a bit of a tough time at the moment. Under pressure from Labour’s new golden boy Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary was forced to admit to MPs today that the NHS waiting list in England, which already stands at a record six million, will keep on growing for another two years. In such difficult times, with the health service at breaking point and Tory tensions over tax rises to fix it, ‘the Saj’ will need every brilliant idea he can seize.

So Steerpike enjoyed hearing about Javid’s latest initiative to inspire his under-pressure health department. In his desperation for new ideas, the Bromsgrove MP has launched a new pun-based online feedback form for policy ‘Saj-estions’. Members of staff are encouraged to write in order to ‘help you deliver your ideas to the Secretary of State’ as part of Javid’s push for reform. 

In stark contrast to some of his, er, Cabinet colleagues, Javid is at pains to show that his department will be a listening department, where underlings are treated as equals.