Andy Burnham

It's a very regrettable situation that the privatisation of water has left us in a position where we're going to find it very difficult to reverse

From the 1980s, this country took a series of wrong turns

Britain is not where we would wish it to be

My emphasis is on problem solving in this job. I love this part of the world, I am a regular visitor.

In some ways I would say they are something of a model for politicians elsewhere in the UK, where you often don’t see politicians prepared to put differences aside.

I'm here, as I said earlier, to listen, and I will take a collaborative approach but some issues will be off the table, and that is one issue that will be off the table.

I will take a collaborative approach but some issues will be off the table, and that is one issue that will be off the table.

Andy is optimistic about our country’s future. He has a clear plan for how we turn things round. He is determined we make this the moment we bring back hope.

Britain is not where any of us would wish it to be.

We are now confirming that anyone convicted of manslaughter, death by dangerous driving, or indecent assault will not now see any change to their prison term.

I want to bring back hope in politics and pledge to work constructively with opposition parties.

The government I lead will be relentless in giving people and places what they were promised 10 years ago, ownership and control, and from that control over their destiny comes change and growth.

Change begins with honesty. I’m not hearing much of it this afternoon. Unless we are blunt about what went wrong, we won’t turn things around.

When it comes to the biggest issues facing the country, the economy and the cost of living crisis, people are looking for much more substantial change, as promised in our manifesto, and that is what I will bring.

This is politics done differently, problem-solving, over point-scoring. It is what the country needs. It is what the public want more of, and it will characterise my time in office.

The government will table legislation to terminate the sentences by the 'end of this Parliament'.

So, what I'm saying, and what the justice secretary will announce to parliament on Tuesday, is that we will bring forward legislation to end these sentences by the end of this Parliament.

There was an injustice in many cases where people were left in prison with no prospect of release, and that has caused real damage, obviously, to those to those people, and a real sense of unfairness.

I was faced with a situation where people on those sentences, who have more than served their time, [are] not being released when others who’ve committed very serious crimes [are] being released early.

To protect victims, we will be introducing the toughest ever supervision measures for offenders, which effectively mean that someone’s sentence will not end when they leave prison.

We will set up a cross-party oversight group to look at how this is done, because there are still individuals who will pose a risk to communities.

I have longstanding concerns about IPP sentences which have caused a sense of unfairness in some cases.

Many of the people in this position have more than served their time. But on the scheme that I inherited, they would have remained in prison, while others who committed serious offences would have been let out early.

The government would be introducing the “toughest ever” supervision measures for offenders

The judgement I've made is the public, in my view, would prefer a situation where people who have served their time to be considered for release before those who haven't,