tens of thousands of new work experience and training placements from construction to hospitality will be made available for young people as part of Labour’s efforts to tackle joblessness.

By equipping these young people with tech and AI skills, we are making sure that the opportunities created by this technological revolution are open to everyone.

Young people deserve every opportunity to build a meaningful career, and that means making sure no one is left behind as our economy changes and technology advances.

I think prime ministers can often be beleaguered because it's a really tough job.

Keir Starmer is doing a good job for the country.

I think that is a progressive welfare reform question, because it puts work and opportunity at the heart of what you’re trying to do.

Every meeting I have is 'who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others'. They're asking the wrong questions.

I don’t think you can or should do welfare reform just by saying ‘here’s a sum of money we’ve got to save’, and then you graft on the policy afterwards.

Every meeting I have is ‘who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others’.

We need to change the question that the welfare system asks.