Steve Barclay

Published: Feb. 11, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Health Secretary, Steve Barclay, spent his gap year serving with the Royal Fusiliers. Now he finds himself in the line of fire from striking health workers, in a long-running dispute over pay. His job is to somehow find a solution to the row, without adding to the Treasury\u2019s headaches.

Can this rugby-loving sky-diver rise to the challenge? Adrian Goldberg talks to family and friends to find out why some Whitehall officials tremble under his forensic questioning \u2013 and why he\u2019s been likened to popular TV detective, Columbo.

Presenter: Adrian Goldberg\nProduction team: Sally Abrahams, Diane Richardson and Beth Ashmead-Latham\nProduction co-ordinator: Sabine Schereck\nStudio engineer: Graham Puddifoot \nEditor: Penny Murphy