Andy Burnham: “The truth is I wanted to go even further, I have pushed to the very limits of what is possible to do.”

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.

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.