Wes Streeting

Art isn't my thing, I'll be honest.

— Wes Streeting

I owe the NHS my life.

— Wes Streeting

Elections don't come cheap.

— Wes Streeting

We need to learn to live with Covid.

— Wes Streeting

I see myself as part of an LGBT community.

— Wes Streeting

It's not for other people to judge me.

— Wes Streeting

The NUS wants a serious debate on higher education funding.

— Wes Streeting

Isn't it obvious that the peddling of such racial stereotypes is deeply offensive?

— Wes Streeting

My mum would have gone hungry before I would go hungry.

— Wes Streeting

Labour's leadership must surely recognise that there is no socialism in going it alone.

— Wes Streeting

God, if you believe in such a thing, doesn't need protection from criticism.

— Wes Streeting

The civil war in Syria is complex and devastating.

— Wes Streeting

Common endeavour, solidarity and respect are the hallmarks of the Labour tradition.

— Wes Streeting

The Evening Standard is a great newspaper staffed by great people.

— Wes Streeting

All too often politicians duck issues for fear of the connotations attached to the subject. Leadership, however, means confronting those issues.

— Wes Streeting

A majority of voters in a majority of constituencies voted to leave the E.U. I wish it wasn't so.

— Wes Streeting

Increasing student numbers must be a central plank of the Labour manifesto, backed up by action, not just well-meaning words.

— Wes Streeting

Feelings of loss and loneliness are inevitable when much of what makes life worth living is taken away.

— Wes Streeting

At times of economic upheaval and hardship, history tells us that people can become fearful and resentful.

— Wes Streeting

My nan was very active in the Labour Party in the 1980s, her politics are way to the left of mine, she…

— Wes Streeting

One of the privileges of my adult life has been meeting pioneers of LGBT equality, particularly Waheed Alli, Michael Cashman and Ian…

— Wes Streeting

I have a different perspective on public services to most middle-class professionals on the left.

— Wes Streeting

There is a proud and patriotic tradition on the centre left of supporting our armed forces; being tough on crime as well…

— Wes Streeting

If we want to end austerity, if we want to protect jobs and livelihoods and if we want to hold multinational corporations…

— Wes Streeting

It shouldn't take Marcus Rashford or Labour MPs to persuade the Tories that feeding hungry children is a priority for the state,…

— Wes Streeting

People around the world are asking their political leaders legitimate questions about their tax arrangements. And yet, in the case of David…

— Wes Streeting

In part because of my own journey from a council estate in East London to a seat in the House of Commons,…

— Wes Streeting

We need an approach to Brexit that will help us end austerity, rather than prolonging it. That is why I will continue…

— Wes Streeting

Unless we face the future with answers to the real and dangerous challenges facing our country and our world we risk becoming…

— Wes Streeting

The peddling of anti-Semitic stereotypes is an insult to a community that has suffered throughout history from the use of such imagery…

— Wes Streeting

There is no future for the Labour party in Corbynism without Corbyn.

— Wes Streeting

We need to be clear - leaving the single market will put trade and jobs at risk.

— Wes Streeting

Politicians can't be expected to answer for the actions of their relatives.

— Wes Streeting

Ideas must always be subjected to debate and challenge.

— Wes Streeting

My dad is like my one-man focus group: a Sun-reading Essex Tory.

— Wes Streeting

It took me a long time to sort of accept myself.

— Wes Streeting

The party of Tony Benn and Tony Blair has always been a broad church.

— Wes Streeting

I represent a diverse constituency on the London/Essex border.

— Wes Streeting

The students' union and the student body work hard to support the university in encouraging applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply to…

— Wes Streeting

I feel very lucky to be part of our Labour family in Ilford North, where we conduct our debates in an inclusive…

— Wes Streeting