Wes Streeting, who was raised on welfare, said he took Justin Welby’s call “really seriously” and considered it part of “the central driving mission of Christianity—the rage against injustice.”.
He told News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips: “I truly welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury’s intervention.
“If there is a Labour government, MPs will not be sent out to criticize the Archbishop of Canterbury for virtue signalling, as Conservative campaigns have done.
It’s literally his job; he’s the only person in the country whose job it is to demonstrate virtue. And if the Church’s goal is not to alleviate poverty and suffering, I’m not sure what it is.
