Andy Burnham: “Either we invest in our young people or we pay for failure through the benefits system.”

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…

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

We will do what we can to request that the right steps are being taken, and that’s the approach we’ll take.

So I can confirm today we will legislate to make sure that non-compete clauses will no longer be a barrier to hiring for our most promising start-ups and scaling firms.