Andy Burnham: “The path we’ve got to lay is quite a long one. It can’t be done overnight. You’ve got to show people where we’re going…”

British burgers and other fresh meat products cannot be sold in the EU. Seed potatoes from Scotland and shellfish from Wales are banned. This is having a real impact on businesses and the agreement on the table could reverse some 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.

That is my view. I communicated it to the first secretary [sic] very clearly, and he has a different view.

It is quite clear once again to the world who the aggressor is in this conflict, and we will use whatever influence we have got as the UK to bring the parties together behind President Zelensky and Ukraine.