Andy Burnham: “I will give this my all, and I ask you all to pull with me. Let’s build a new national sense of unity, of common purpose…”

If the UK wants to build global companies, we need to be globally competitive. To do that, we cannot have Britain's start-ups simply sell up.

In a fundamental change to the education system, we will introduce new technical education pathways from 14 – prestigious routes that will give students the chance to combine the core academic subjects with the skills, technical knowledge…

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

I want Britain to be the country that makes the breakthrough and delivers the cure for dementia the world has been waiting for.