Lucy Powell: “And I’m not going to sort of change my opinion on that just because I’m now the secretary of state.”

The government has committed to a review of that, it's very much at the top of my in-tray as the secretary of state, and I want to make sure we look at this so it's fair for students.

What most people wanted to know was not what we thought about other political parties, but what were we doing? What were we about?

The privatisation of water hasn't worked. It's not created competition. What you've seen is bills going up and up and up over years and years and years. Investment not being made... and then now these companies are in real distress.

What I’m not going to oversee is some kind of lower ambition for some kids. It’s about ambition for everybody.