Angela Rayner: “If I'm making a decision that is highly likely to be in legal challenge, I want to make sure I've dotted my i's and…”

This measure will give mayors the choice to raise and reinvest funding where it's needed most.

I want to fully test whether our proposals for local government reorganisation meet the priorities of a new administration and a new prime minister and any additional considerations.

As we are now more determined than ever to devolve power closer to the people we represent, it’s only right that as a new secretary of state I make sure that everything we do is working towards that plan to change Britain, without delay.

It's always been Labour policy to recognise a Palestinian state, and it felt like we got there too late. It was something that should have been really clear.