Wes Streeting is Labour MP for Ilford North. He is a former Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing for London Borough of Redbridge. Wes is also a former NUS president and deputy head of the new Independent Taskforce on Student Finance Information
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The battle of ideas in education is being lost by all sides
Former NUS President and Labour MP for Illford North Wes Streeting sets out how universities should rise to new challenges, and why his party needs to start looking forward to formulate better ideas.
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Wonga got it wronga, but so have universities
Within the space of 24 hours, legal loan shark Wonga was forced to withdraw its marketing information aimed at students following online complaints. The Helena Kennedy Foundation spoke out after our attention was drawn t
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Student finance 2012: independent taskforce to separate facts from politics
Today, alongside Martin Lewis of moneysavingexpert.com, I am proud to be launching a major campaign – independent of government – to tackle the myths and misconceptions surrounding the true costs of higher education from