Lucy Powell: “If we had more control over things like skills and local transportation we could better connect people to all those new…”

If you look at the evidence from recent elections – right across the board – it’s clear that whichever party manages to unite its voter coalition is the one that wins.

This is not what we want to see. This is not acceptable.

I can absolutely assure your viewers watching this that we are committed to the triple lock, it's in our manifesto.

I want working class, disadvantaged young people to have every opportunity to achieve highly academically.