Andy Burnham

Either we invest in our young people or we pay for failure through the benefits system.

We will need a fundamental rethink of the welfare system …

We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system so that everyone’s vote counts and everyone’s voice is heard.

If we want to change Britain, we need to change ourselves.

The things politicians usually avoid

Less drift and more direction

Hope comes from honesty

I will outline policies and commitments that form a serious prospectus for Britain and offer people more control over their lives.

The patriot in me tells me something very different is needed.

It will increase competition to drive down costs and speed up delivery so businesses can connect faster and grow quicker.

GB Grid will work with the private sector and network companies to reform a broken energy market.

Social care in England is 'as unfair as American healthcare, where the most vulnerable in society can lose everything, they can be wiped out

That is what’s happening at the moment. So to suggest there isn’t a cost to people at this moment in time, there’s a huge cost.

I will be the one to do that and I realise it might require me to spend some political capital.

Your First Home will get them the keys to their own front door, and give builders the confidence to deliver the high-quality new homes the country needs.

I will grasp the nettle.

“So my Labour government is bringing Avanti West Coast into public ownership at the earliest opportunity in March next year. That means passengers, not shareholders, will come first.

“Calm on all sides.”

You cannot deliver a care system of quality in 15 minute slots. You just can’t because the minute people’s needs got beyond the simple and head towards the more moderate or even severe, then things just completely break.

Asylum seekers need to be housed in way that is 'fair to everywhere'.

I don’t want to see a Britain where people are wandering around the streets causing fear with black balaclavas on.

For years, people have been expected to put up with Avanti's cancellations, delays, overcrowding, and a service that has failed them time and time again.

The incident was deeply concerning and the government would always take every step necessary to protect people.

I think it's odd that we are having a debate about constitutional issues when people's lives are hard, businesses are struggling, industry needs support, and I would recognise that in Aberdeen and elsewhere.

The point I'm making is I support solidarity between the nations of the UK. I don't support separation, so let me be absolutely plain.