Andy Burnham: “I'm determined to pull every single lever we can to provide people with some room to breathe on the cost of living.”

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.

The controversial motion... shouldn't be supported in any way, shape or form.

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