Andy Burnham

Fundamental decisions on this technology are too important to be left to chance. They must be taken by elected governments who serve working people.

The idea that anyone would try to use such things to their advantage is just repulsive – but it is what they do.

The country’s got so much going for it, and it’s time to turn the story about Britain to a positive story, get some hopefulness going around the country.

I think you responded when I said we are going to lay out a plan for Britain, a 10-year direction.

It is now ten years since Brexit, my country has lived through the destruction, and it has given us a unique perspective that I want to share with you today.

Russian agencies have used every means at their disposal to spread lies and disinformation and prey on people's fears.

The message is that we want to see an end to the conflict as quickly as possible and we stand ready to play our part.

Yes. When you come into this job, you realise how deep this relationship is. We trust our allies. Of course, we do.

Politicians say things throughout their career, but now the important thing is to focus on the moment you are in.

We can draw a line under the last decade and say this next one’s going to be different.

I hear people saying the country is on the slide – we’re the fastest growing in the G7, there’s lots to be proud of, there’s a lot right with the country and I’m going to give a really upbeat message when I speak.

The plan for Britain is about ‘what is our direction over the next 10 years and how do we make life more affordable for people’. That is my main priority, that’s what people are looking for.

But at the same time we will help reduce cost of living pressure on our constituents.

We’ve just got to get that belief back into Britain that, yeah, we know what we’re about, we know what we stand for, that is what we’ve always been, so we can do it again.

People aren’t going to come in and invest in a significant way where the place isn’t functional and it’s in major decline.

I mean, the point about the bond markets, it holds – in that what I was saying was the country has left itself over-exposed.

Today I am tasking our security chiefs to begin work on a new National Centre for Information Defence – to detect, attribute and disrupt these kinds of hostile state information attacks. To support and defend our democracy.

We are going to help our people to strengthen their resilience – because faced with this information warfare, security starts in every home.

The speech is a moment to weave all of these threads together and to lay out the path, I think, and say, ‘Look, Britain’s here, we can be there’ – a much better place – ‘but we’re going to have to be honest with ourselves about what it…

Prosecution rates for rape remain shamefully low, with many victims waiting years for justice. This is not good enough.

For too long, victims of rape and serious sexual offences have felt let down by our justice system.

The assurance I gave was I will work towards a resolution, at the moment we don't have that, but I gave an assurance that I would commit to working towards one.

I said that we remain determined to secure the long-term operation of the base, which is crucial to our security and that of our allies.

I will be making the case for closer international co-operation on AI, a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, and renewed efforts to bring an end to the conflict in the Middle East because what happens abroad impacts each and every one of us…

We've found a connection. So, I will go with where I feel it's right, to meet him where he is at, and search for that common ground, which I'm sure we'll find.