Andy Burnham: “As the prime minister made clear, the initial judgement is serious and there can't be any suggestion that anyone is…”

In my view, all political parties in the UK should do everything they can to support the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.

Non-compete clauses stop workers from joining a rival organisation, or indeed, setting up one of their own after they have left their role, and I think that's a drag on innovation and prevents the best really being energised and bringing…

Politics has become too suffocating. We need greater ambition. The country is not where it should be and nothing simple gets us out of that. We need to show a journey and a longer-term plan.

I’m not the last Prime Minister of the UK. I’ll be the first to rewire it to make it work properly in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England.