Andy Burnham: “For too long in this country, students have been told that you must take the academic path to do well and to be…”

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

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.

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.

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.