Andy Burnham

And it’s true of places all over the country to get on in life, you had to leave where you where you were because things weren’t here.

I’m not going rule things out right now. I do believe we need a greater sense of fairness and people feeling that things are being done in the right way and a fair way.

Another referendum on independence was off limits because it would take our focus away from growing the economy and helping families with the cost of living.

From April we're cutting business rates for nearly 32,000 pubs, clubs and live music venues, real money back in their tills.

I'll be honest, I grew up on nights out in Manchester, from the Haçienda to the little rooms where the next big act cuts its teeth.

The days of Whitehall resisting devolution are over, for good.

It will be the situation room for making Britain better - the place we use to get power out of Westminster, into the hands of people at a local level, so that they can turn things around.

No 10 North will change that by putting more power into every postcode across the entire country.

For 40 years, power and resources have been sucked into the centre, and too many communities have felt forgotten, without the attention and investment they deserve.

The country has always been a little like that, hasn't it? That opportunity is not being evenly spread around the country, and not all places have felt that they're part of the national story.

In a bold first pledge in his first speech as prime minister, Andy Burnham promised to eradicate rough sleeping in England, allocating an extra £340m of funding.

I know people cannot wait forever to see change. So we will do smaller things too to provide some breathing space.

I want Britain to believe again. That means creating a country where everybody feels a part of what is happening and everybody feels heard.

No one in government loses when power is shared. When you lift up a place, you lift up Britain.

Our long-term ambition is clear: to achieve equivalent living standards across all the regions and nations of the UK.

It is about driving growth from the most powerful office in the land and doing so in close alignment with the Treasury.

When I entered Downing Street, I told staff that the era of fighting devolution is over. No one in government loses when power is shared.

No 10 North is about putting power in every postcode.

I think this might be the best day of my life. I’m not joking either.

At least it creates that sense of a more balanced country, and that big things can be done from here.

We need a new kind of politics – problem solving not point scoring.

I expect to show I can make progress on what I called 'sustainable reform'.

My first priority going through the doors would be a national plan to end rough sleeping.

I would publish a 10-year plan for the country and the economy later this year.

I may have to ask for a little more tax at some point.