Andy Burnham: “People are going to know the direction I want to take this country and I will set it down quite clearly.”

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.

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