Andy Burnham: “It truly is a rewiring of the state and a passing of power from the authorities to the hands of ordinary people.”

I am somebody who believes that unions, trade unions, definitely, and I think unions of countries are better because you face a challenging world in a more confident and stronger way.

It’s been bombing energy infrastructure in Ukraine.

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