Andy Burnham

I can't say that I can change the policy completely, but I will look at it in detail before we go further forward.

I might have to ask wealthy taxpayers for a little more.

I implored my new cabinet to examine all possible ways to tackle the cost of living crisis.

I will deliver a new plan for Britain to take power out of London and redistribute it to regional and local authorities, making life more affordable to all.

Britain doesn't just need a new prime minister; it needs a reset.

I haven’t made any decisions yet about who will be in that top team, but I will soon, and when I have, you will see it reflects all parts of our party, all communities, and it will reflect your own place within this great party of ours - a…

This is the last chance for the party to get things right.

I heard the pressure people feel around their finances.

I am going to try and do things in a different way.

If I look at the National Health Service right now, what I hear from people is that corridor care is becoming the norm all year round, not just in winter time, and the standards in relation to A&E are just not achievable in terms of the…

Is this a case of relief today only to be hit elsewhere tomorrow?

Andy Burnham wants to create ‘breathing space’

My first instruction to my government will be to end rough sleeping and put the care of people at the heart of everything I do.

I’m giving people breathing space.

But always we will show how we are going to pay for it, what we are reprioritising.

Take that little bit of pressure off people’s shoulders

We need to be a “cost-of-living government”

We did it then. We can do it now. Get the basics right. Put a care for people at the heart of everything that we do and just get this country working as it should again.

It taught me that the only way is to do this together. Everybody pulling in the same direction, Everyone In, as we did in the pandemic – because we did bring people inside in the pandemic and that’s what I’m saying as I go into government…

For too long, we’ve been told that ending rough sleeping will take decades or even that it’s impossible. I’m not having that. This is something a government can fix if it chooses to. Today, I’m choosing to.

I can do something to give people some breathing space now, some help with the cost of living.

I am focused on practical measures not constitutional changes

The Prime Minister added he was focused on practical measures, not constitutional changes like further referendums, to give families more breathing room by helping them with the cost of living, which he had done today by helping millions…

We need to be honest about the challenges we face and call for reflection and resolution.

It has dragged more people in - pensioners, I think - and that particularly I think has become a growing issue.