Andy Burnham: “Decisions to be taken in time are going to be difficult.”

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.

Obviously, it’s been a difficult few days for President Zelensky, and that’s why I invited him to the UK to give him that lift, and to see what more we could do.

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.