Andy Burnham: “Manchesterism' for us is people coming together to effect change, doing things for themselves, and having a real can-do…”

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

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.

I’m not the last Prime Minister of the UK. I’ll be the first to rewire it to make it work properly in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England.

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.