From primary school prison visits to the cusp of No 10: The unorthodox rise of Wes Streeting

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His grandfather was an armed robber. His grandmother shared a cell with Christine Keeler. Raised in a council flat in the East End, Wes Streeting now finds himself as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Starmer in Number 10. Harry Cockburn and Andy Gregory take a look at the health secretary’s humble beginnings