Wes Streeting: “It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates. I support that approach and I hope that you…”

We cannot afford to make the cliched mistake of fighting the last war.

In the dangerous and turbulent world we find ourselves in, investment in defence is a price worth paying.

I also want to state personally my enormous thanks to our police, our counter-terrorism police, emergency services and the security services for their hard work to defend our base at RAF Fairford.

We can be reassured that this is being dealt with.