Andy Burnham: “I want all places to have the power to improve - just as we have seen happen in Greater Manchester.”

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 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.

This is me making an offer to the Scottish Government. With us working together, there is no limit to what we can achieve for the Scottish people.

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.