Andy Burnham: “We want to see a new drive of reindustrialisation across the north of England, and indeed the rest of the country, and…”

We either invest in the success of our young people or pay for failure through the benefits system. We cannot afford to do both.

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.

This is an economic catastrophe and a moral failure. And it must change.

I am utterly determined to prove wrong the SNP leader’s prediction that I will be the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.