Political Quotes

I will not stop lobbying the UK Government until Jackdaw and Rosebank are approved, and the jobs linked to these projects are protected.

I trust local Labour groups to have maximum input for the power-sharing arrangements that they enter into. I trust them to do the right thing.

Power should sit as close as possible to the people it affects. That means a stronger Scotland in a changing UK.

Andy Burnham’s by-election victory in Makerfield and our own successes in South Lanarkshire show that Labour can win back trust when we are rooted in communities and serious about changing people’s lives.