Political Quotes

Wes Streeting

The Public Record

Jun 16, 2026

We've been through several waves of change that have delivered genuine strengths, but also deep weaknesses.

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Jun 16, 2026

We must reject the reckless approach that says 'stuff the bond markets'.

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Jun 16, 2026

I would not use a leadership campaign to make costly promises that I would have to later reverse.

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Jun 14, 2026

Businesses and households are held back by high energy costs. The tax receipts from new North Sea oil and gas fields should be funnelled into cheaper energy: insulation, heat pumps, and electrification to cut bills and emissions.

independent.co.uk
Jun 14, 2026

We’ve been far too timid in the face of broligarchs attempting to reshape our society and inspire hatred – we should be standing up to the forces of darkness online and offline, and we still can.

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Jun 14, 2026

If platforms are knowingly promoting this dangerous content, bosses should face criminal action and the companies should be made to pay the costs of cleaning up and rebuilding Belfast, along with the thugs on the ground.

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Jun 14, 2026

We’re long past the time for threats. We have to act. Incitement to violence is a crime in the offline world so it must be prosecuted as a crime in the online world.

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Jun 14, 2026

But the worst example we can set is that net zero can only be delivered on the backs of the poor and working people’s jobs.

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Jun 14, 2026

The tax receipts from new North Sea oil and gasfields should be funnelled into cheaper energy: insulation, heat pumps, and electrification to cut bills and emissions.

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Jun 14, 2026

We should open our door to the best and the brightest.

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Jun 13, 2026

Change isn’t always easy, but Martha’s rule is proof that it can be done.

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Jun 13, 2026

The NHS is changing its culture and putting patient safety at its heart.

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Jun 13, 2026

That takes extraordinary courage, and the NHS owes them an enormous debt of gratitude.

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Jun 13, 2026

Martha’s parents have fought tirelessly to turn the most unimaginable grief into something that is genuinely changing how our NHS works.

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Jun 12, 2026

We need a new special relationship with the EU, because Britain’s future lies with Europe, and one day – one day – back in the European Union.

independent.co.uk
Jun 6, 2026

It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates. I support that approach and I hope that you will facilitate this.

bbc.com
Jun 6, 2026

Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift.

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Jun 3, 2026

It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates. I support that approach and I hope that you will facilitate this.

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Jun 3, 2026

Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift.

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Jun 3, 2026

I have lost confidence in him.

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Jun 3, 2026

The granting of those licences will not necessarily translate into cheaper bills, but it will translate into higher tax receipts.

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Jun 3, 2026

Yes. I think that's probably where Ed will get to. When he makes a decision, I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case.

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Jun 3, 2026

I think we should be thinking actively about how to incentivise, whether that's through targeted reduction in employers' National Insurance or other kinds of recruitment and retention incentives.

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Jun 3, 2026

We have to make it easier for business to employ young people and for businesses to take that risk on someone.

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Feb 15, 2025

The government views the war in Ukraine as the frontline for Europe and the frontline for Britain.

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