A bit of background info on Wes Streeting that you won’t have been given in his TV interviews today - particularly in regard to discussions about junior doctors and the
@NHSuk There will have been no mention of the amount of money Wes has received from wealthy private healthcare providers in donations.
The
@ElectoralCommUK website shows that Wes has received £587,259.00 in donations. These include:
£237,900.00 from the multimillionaire, private healthcare provider and Labour donor Peter Hearn.
£80,000 from the billionaire banker and hedge fund manager John Armitage.
£11,500 from Labour donor Sir Trevor Chinn.
£34,500 from the entrepreneur, banker and Labour donor Anthony Watson.
£37,000 from the consortium Labour For The Long Term
@Labourlongterm
£3,143 from
@unisontheunion
£15,000 from Labour donor Ruth Driscoll of
@mariecurieuk
£5,000 from the once prominent Tory Lord Phillip Harris.
£2,000 from the
@CommunityUnion
£5,000 from the software company
@CalyxSoftware
£5,000 from Labour donor Richard Parker.
£14,600 from Lord Alli.
£16,000 from Labour donor Linda Riley.
£20,000 from Labour donor Francesca Sainsbury Perrin.
With his £159,038 salary, expenses (£33,653.91 claimed in the past year), generous donations, allowances and perks, Wes is prospering very nicely at Westminster.
On 9th July 2025 Wes voted for the Universal Credit/PIP cuts that will result in further hardship for people who are disabled and vulnerable. Wes also voted to scrap the
#WinterFuelPayment to vulnerable pensioners 🥶 and voted to retain the two child benefit cap which ‘significantly contributes to child poverty’ in the UK.
@UKLabour @wesstreeting @IlfordNorthCLP @JuniorDocStrike