Andy Burnham: “It shows the power of grassroots campaigns, and why I’m committed to giving power back to local communities.”

My message to young people is this - whether you choose construction, coding or classics, or maths, manufacturing or mechanics, you'll get the skills you need and be given the respect you deserve.

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.

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

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…