Andy Burnham: “It would be easy to push the blame on them. Why don’t they work a bit harder? Why don’t they want it a bit more? But the…”

During my first week in office, I told the First Minister that I wanted to work with him to spread opportunities to communities across Scotland's regions and cities.

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

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.

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