John Healey: “These times demand of us a greater resolve, a greater determination and a greater hope.”

We have to bring the benefits bill down.

Britain has it harder now. We had 13 years of flatlining tory growth in living standards when Cameron’s austerity gutted our public services, when Johnson’s Brexit hammered our exports and Truss’s mini budget crashed our economy.

Fundamentally, what we need is a settlement in the Middle East.

Cutting welfare spending was a priority and announced that every mayor in England would have access to a Local Apprenticeships Service from March 2027 to generate thousands more youth opportunities.