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Keir Starmer is joined on stage at Labour conference by his wife Vic
July 2, 2024, 10:23 am
Streeting: Keir’s family have Jewish heritage and try to keep Fridays special
Wes Streeting accused Tories of desperately 'slinging mud' at Labour leader after criticising his pledge to keep Friday evening with his wife and kids special
By Lee Harpin
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June 5, 2024, 12:20 pm
Wes Streeting helps Jewish Care raise £5.3m at glittering annual dinner
Addressing 1,000 guests, Streeting acknowledged that it has been “an incredibly difficult year for the Jewish community”.
By Sandy Rashty
Leanne Mohamad delvers speech (Palestine Deep Dive - You Tube)
April 18, 2024, 12:53 pm
Palestine activist’s bid to unseat Wes Streeting is rocked by bitter campaign rift
Leanne Mohamad appears to have parted company with the Redbridge community group that selected her to stand as an independent candidate in Ilford North
By Lee Harpin
Harriet Bradley
December 7, 2023, 11:34 am
Emeritus professor at Bristol University calls to ‘blow up’ JLM conference
Harriet Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, responds to the announcement of next month's JLM conference by suggesting: 'Someone blow up the venue'
By Lee Harpin
Wes Streeting. (photo credit: Stefan Rousseau)
October 8, 2023, 2:37 pm
Wes Streeting: ‘There is something special about Britain’s Jewish community’
In a Jewish News interview, the shadow health secretary said of the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas; 'This is not resistance ..this is terrorism'
By Lee Harpin
Jeremy Corbyn. Pic: Sky News
April 5, 2023, 11:25 am
OPINION: Like Israelites in the desert, it’s time Labour reached the Promised Land
Former Board of Deputies deputy Tal Ofer on why he's decided to return to the Labour Party after five years away from his political home.
By Tal Ofer
Sec.-of-State-for-Health-and-Social-Care-Wes-Streeting-speaking-at-Jewish-Cares-Patrons-Briefing Justin Grainge Photography
March 29, 2023, 11:57 am
Streeting says Corbyn has ‘no one to blame but himself’ for Labour election ban
Shadow health secretary highlights Corbyn's failure to accepted Equality of Human Rights Commission's 'damning verdict into antisemitism in the Labour Party'
By Lee Harpin
Sec.-of-State-for-Health-and-Social-Care-Wes-Streeting-speaking-at-Jewish-Cares-Patrons-Briefing Justin Grainge Photography
March 16, 2023, 1:22 pm
Shadow health secretary addresses Jewish Care patrons
Wes Streeting MP guest of honour at charity campaign briefing for 150 patrons
By Michelle Rosenberg
Luciana Berger stands with other Labour MPs, (left to right) Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Gavin Shuker, following a press conference at County Hall in Westminster, London, where they, Chuka Umunna, , Angela Smith and Ann Coffey, resigned from the party to create a new Independent Group in the House of Commons, in the most significant split in British politics since the breakaway of the Social Democratic Party in the 1980s. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday February 18, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
March 7, 2023, 11:13 am
Starmer says Gapes return to Labour is ‘tribute to hard work done to change party’
Former Ilford South MP Mike Gapes had quit Labour in 2019 under Jeremy Corbyn saying he was 'sickened that Labour is now perceived by many as a racist, antisemitic party.'
By Lee Harpin
David Kogan, Jon Lansman. Henry Zeffman. Margaret Hodge MP, Patrick Maguire at JLM conference Photo Ian Vogler
January 10, 2023, 10:21 am
OPINION: Sunday’s JLM conference had many stories to tell
"It feels like the country is ready for change and we are part of it," writes Jewish Labour Movement conference chair Andrew Gilbert, reflecting on Sunday's event at JW3.
Wes Streeting in conversation with Henry Zeffman at JLM conference Photo Ian Vogler
January 8, 2023, 6:46 pm
Streeting defends Starmer over decision to remain in Corbyn shadow cabinet
At a packed Jewish Labour Movement annual conference event at JW3 Wes Streeting says Keir Starmer was an 'ally' who took the antisemitism crisis 'seriously' under the previous leader
By Lee Harpin
Wes Streeting places wreath at the grave of Jewish RAF pilot Harry Jassby in a graveyard in Redbridge
November 11, 2022, 11:49 am
Streeting pays respects to Jewish World War 1 RAF pilot
Labour's shadow health secretary visited the grave of pilot Harry Jassby in Redbridge - who died aged just 20 in 1918 - to lay a wreath ahead of Remembrance Sunday
By Lee Harpin
Wes Streeting speaks to the BBC's Chris Mason, after discussing Keir Starmer's speech with Jewish News
September 27, 2022, 5:51 pm
Wes Streeting: Jewish Labour voters have ‘got their party back’
The shadow health secretary tells Jewish News the standing ovation for Keir Starmer after conference speech in which he spoke of need to fight antisemitism 'epitomises the transformation we've seen in Labour'
By Lee Harpin
Labour's Wes Streeting on BBC Question Time
July 4, 2022, 12:57 pm
Wes Streeting asked to give ‘factual statement’ in Corbyn libel trial
Labour shadow health secretary tells Jewish News:'I was asked to provide a factual statement of an event I chaired, which I have. It really is as simple as that.'
By Lee Harpin
May 31, 2022, 3:52 pm
Streeting: Why I didn’t quit Labour despite ‘misgivings’ over antisemitism
Wes Streeting spoke of the 'morally challenging' decision to remain in Labour under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership during an appearance on Matt Forde's The Political Party podcast show
By Lee Harpin
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