All too often politicians duck issues for fear of the connotations attached to the subject. Leadership, however, means confronting those issues. — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
I grew up in poverty as a child, my parents had me when they were very young. They didn't have money growing up. — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
We need to be clear - leaving the single market will put trade and jobs at risk. — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
Unless we face the future with answers to the real and dangerous challenges facing our country and our world we risk becoming a cautionary… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
There has always been a problem with elements of the left, particularly the far left, who revel in their self-righteousness, who love telling voters… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
A majority of voters in a majority of constituencies voted to leave the E.U. I wish it wasn't so. — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
The weakness of traditional canvassing is that it prevents a real conversation with people who are, on the whole, less tribal and more discerning… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer are quite right to call for a Brexit that puts jobs first, and to hold ministers to account for… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
As someone who won both a Council seat and a parliamentary seat from the Tories, I know better than most how much well-resourced campaigns… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
The Conservatives have their own racist demons to confront: from the immigration policy that brought us the Windrush scandal to appalling Islamophobia at every… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
After Brexit referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is split.The government is in… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
The vast majority of Labour members are decent people, but I think there is a small number of anti-Semites. — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
On housing, education and skills, health and social care, transport and economic development, local government is better placed to make decisions in the interests… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
I'm not sure how many of George Osborne's constituents in Cheshire read the London Evening Standard, but they will surely feel aggrieved that their… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
