Andy Burnham: “If you look at water as an industry as a whole, it’s run predominantly in the private interest rather than the public…”

In a fundamental change to the education system, we will introduce new technical education pathways from 14 – prestigious routes that will give students the chance to combine the core academic subjects with the skills, technical knowledge…

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.

We can do it, and we can be the nation in the next 10 years that… does find the cure for cancer, that does make the breakthrough on dementia, or indeed on nuclear fusion.

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.