Andy Burnham: “For years, people have been expected to put up with Avanti's cancellations, delays, overcrowding, and a service that has…”

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.

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.