Andy Burnham: “We should be getting in much earlier, apprehending them, using all of the intelligence that comes through that…”

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

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 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.