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Wes Streeting MP on Growing Up in a Council Flat and Why Politics Matters

The Sacred

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The Importance of Honesty in Politics

I think there was something fundamental to me about truth and honesty which is it can be dangerous territory for politicians to veer into. I am very much not a typical politician in terms of my background, I grew up in lots of poverty and I've tried to carry all those experiences from my life into my work now as a member of Parliament. I have a deep commitment to equality which sounds like a simple enough principle but even on equality. Equality for one might compromise an equality for another so even something as simple as equality can be a challenging concept. fundamentally I sort of want to leave the world a better place than I found it and we all need a sense of purpose in our lives.

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