Andy Burnham

I want Britain to be a country where nobody is written off. Where everyone is treated with respect no matter who they are or what they’ve been through.

Life doesn’t always go to plan. But whether someone gets the chance to get back on their feet says something about who we are.

I will always put Britain's interests first.

This week has shown how politicians could make lives a 'little bit easier', but that my job won't be done until people aren't just living, but 'living well'.

In a pledge to go further, the former Greater Manchester Mayor claimed he was used to being told things can't be done, and that the era of Government's giving up trying to solve the issues impacting people was over.

I will never use party discipline to stifle debate and want to create a different culture where everyone has a part to play.

It’s funny, these days you can’t answer a question honestly without then people reading everything else into it.

Decisions to be taken in time are going to be difficult.

I'm going to rule it out... I don't think people want it.

The first challenge facing us both is to ensure that the defence investment plan is fully funded and that’s the thing that’s right in front of us and we need to work that through as we go towards the budget later this year.

I just think what I most need to do is get Britain focused on getting the country back where it should be.

There’s no early general election. I don’t think people want it.

You have to defend your own national interest before anything else. That’s what you’re required to do if you’re to do this job properly.

I can’t at any point say that I won’t take a different opinion from him [Trump], that I will need to voice a different idea that is right for Britain.

Another independence referendum is 'off limits'.

I want to create a 'one-team feeling' across the whole of the UK.

No 10 North was key to getting 'good growth' going in every part of the country.

A general election would postpone that essential work.

Things will get better if we stick together.

These places are the beating heart of our communities. We're bringing hope back to every high street.

I'm getting used to it very quickly because you have to.

And the benefits that will fall to Manchester are massive.

I'm bringing forward my version but it is still within that manifesto.

That is the biggest priority right now. A general election would postpone that essential work.

No I'm not. I don't think that is right.