Brought up on a Stepney council estate, the young Streeting saw his teenage parents struggle to provide for him. In One Boy, Two Bills & A Fry Up he brings to life the poverty, humiliation and incredible struggle for them choosing whether to feed the meter and heat the flat, put carpet on the floor, or food on the table. Layfield, Luke (29 October 2004). "Architecture under threat at Cambridge". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 April 2020. My polemic of the year is Victoria Smith’s righteously angry Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women His mum, Corrina, was just 18 when she fell pregnant with Wes and was under pressure from her family to have a termination. In the first quarter of the book we are given a fairly extensive history of both sides of Wes's family. At times it felt a little too extensive, but I think it was justified as various members of the family passed on, as they always do, and Wes has to take this all on board as well as new members coming to the family with new relationships and births. That's life. Also, understanding the experiences of his family members was to help Wes empathise with constituents and others seeking help.

Exclusive: 'New Labour' consigned to the dustbin of history as". The Independent. 7 May 2014 . Retrieved 11 April 2023.This honest, uplifting, affectionate memoir is a tribute to the love and support which set him on his way out of poverty, and informs everything about Wes Streeting’s mission now in politics. He will be in conversation with Professor Pam Cox. Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ The young Streeting at home in Clichy House, Stepney, London, 1986. Photograph: Courtesy of Wes Streeting

Hill, Dave (23 May 2014). "Local elections: Labour wins control of Redbridge council for first time". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 20 April 2017. Wes Streeting MP – Latest news and updates on the Labour MP for Ilford North – Mirror Online". mirror . Retrieved 5 August 2020.Wes explained: “I don’t think I made that direct link in my mind at the time. But growing up with women who’ve been through hell at the hands of abusive men, I think it has given me an empathy that I think frankly, all of us should have. And what I was saying about JK Rowling and her intervention in the debate about trans rights was that whatever people might think about her position, whether she’s right or whether they agree with all of the language that she’s used, or the way she’s put her argument, when she wrote that first extended piece, at the heart of it was her own awful lived experience of abuse. At the City school Wes thought he had been prevented from being Head Prefect because of his gayness and it was an issue for some when he sought candidacy in his first general election. I would go as far as to say that this book is for anyone who has experienced prejudice. Labour selects candidate to stand in new Teesside seat at next general election". The Northern Echo. 4 October 2023 . Retrieved 4 October 2023. Streeting, Wes (1 February 2017). "Chuka Umunna and Wes Streeting: Why we Labour Remainers voted to trigger Article 50". Inews . Retrieved 24 October 2019. In the 2015 UK general election, Streeting was elected as the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Ilford North. He overturned a Conservative majority of 5,404, winning by 589 votes. [32] After being elected to Parliament, Streeting was elected Honorary President of the British Youth Council. [33] He is also a Vice President of the Local Government Association and a Patron of LGBT Labour.

At the end of June a familiar face appeared on BBC Breakfast, but I didn't recognise him straight away. As he explained, he wasn't in his usual 'armour' of a suit and tie that he normally wears as a Member of the Shadow Cabinet. It was, of course, Wes Streeting in his casual civvies promoting his new book. She kept me, which is good! And she worked really hard to prove herself as a mum and she made lots of sacrifices to make sure that I had the very best start in life. When people see the book’s title, they will probably just think: that must be his favourite breakfast. But people discover when they read it that it is literally the fry-up that saved my life because it was basically my mum’s insurance against being browbeaten and taken to the hospital. She was literally unable to go through with the termination because she’d had the breakfast and she wasn’t supposed to eat beforehand.” These non-Jews are fighting Labour anti-Semitism from the inside". Haaretz . Retrieved 5 August 2020.I’m still a member of the Church of England. It is not always a comfortable place to be gay. I think the church has made progress and I think the Archbishop of Canterbury has tried to make gay people feel loved and welcomed and accepted. ” Lipsett, Anthea (2 April 2008). "New NUS president voted in | Students". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 2 May 2010. For a politician to have such an extraordinary story to tell is rare. For that politician to be able to tell it with such eloquence and benevolence is rarer still. This book is a triumph.' --- Alan Johnson In One Boy, Two Bills & A Fry Up, he brings to life the poverty, humiliation and incredible struggle for them choosing whether to feed the meter and heat the flat, put carpet on the floor, or food on the table.