Andy Burnham: “It will require some significant changes, but I’m doing it with the best of intentions.”

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.

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.

This investment goes hand in hand with our plans for a National Care Service, helping ensure that people living with dementia get the care and support they need.

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