Angela Rayner: “I take full responsibility for this error.”

No, my severance payment was given to me at the time, I had worked in government for a period of time and then I came out of government for just under a year.

The answer is devolution: real devolution, not the begging-bowl culture of the past, where regional politicians came to Whitehall with their caps in hand, asking permission to run their own bus routes.

I’m a straight-talking person, 1.5 million homes is a difficult target… but I’m going to keep it, I’m not going to be defeated.

The Devolution Act gives all mayors London-style planning powers – a new framework that can be expanded and built upon... The act is the beginning, not the end, of breaking away from the command and control culture of Whitehall that has…