On housing, education and skills, health and social care, transport and economic development, local government is better placed to make decisions in… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
The failure of state education in so many white working class areas is utterly unacceptable. Not to talk about it or to… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
There are thousands of kids out there for whom higher education will never seem a realistic prospect but who have the ability… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
The challenge is to replace our broken higher education system with one that has the potential to transform the lives of individuals… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
We need an education system that prepares people to seize the opportunities of the 21st century - from tackling the inequality that… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
Rather than allowing students and teachers to celebrate their success, some would rather we measure success in Britain in terms of failure;… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
In my constituency I've got local authority schools, free schools, academies, I've got a grammar school, I've got independent schools that aren't… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, of course, we would still be arguing for free education. If I was starting with a blank sheet… — 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