John Healey: “I would not be able to accept a Dip settlement that does not give our forces the resources they need.”

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

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.

These times demand of us a greater resolve, a greater determination and a greater hope.