Al Carns: “A serving minister cannot ask fellow veterans to trust a process he no longer trusts himself.”

The argument I resigned over has not yet been settled.

The reality is we are spending too much time preparing for last year’s war, not tomorrow’s.

Andy's done a good job with Manchester, he's done a great job during Covid, he's seen the Manchester Arena attack and dealt with that very effectively, and the economic trajectory of Manchester's in a positive way.

He is a man of his word and he has made it clear that he will deliver on the commitments that led him to leave government in the first place.