Andy Burnham: “The authorities have this under the strongest grip and closest control, and I can assure you of that.”

Through No 10 North, we are rewiring the state and I want to make sure regions in Scotland are fully part of this.

We obviously have close conversations with our US counterparts, and what I’m going to do is build that bridge and make sure that we’re still all working together to support Ukraine.

I am utterly determined to prove wrong the SNP leader’s prediction that I will be the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

I was proud of the reception that the UK gave to the Ukrainian president yesterday.