Steve Reed: “My selected option will support devolution most effectively, by creating distinct place-based authorities that are close…”

Keir Starmer showed loyalty to me by appointing me to his Cabinet. I make no apology for returning that loyalty.

By holding overseas donors to tougher standards and requiring candidates to prove where their funding comes from, we are taking world-leading action to protect the integrity of our elections and tackle the threats we face from abroad.

This Government is driving the most ambitious programme of local government reform in a generation, replacing the inefficient two-tier system with new unitary councils so that all parts of our country are ready for devolution.

British democracy is not for sale.