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Every theft, regardless of the value of the goods, will be treated as the serious crime it is.

Shop theft has fallen once again - and is 4% down on last year. These figures show our approach is working. But we will not stop here.

Looking back over the last five years, I am hugely proud of the work we have done since I became Scottish Labour leader.

The killers of PC Harper 'should be kept in prison'

We cannot afford to wait any longer before we change the system we inherited.

The status quo is not sustainable.

The rise of an emboldened new right must concentrate minds. This is a fight for the heart and soul of our nation. That's why Andy Burnham and this Labour government must succeed.

The challenges facing the United Kingdom now could not be greater or the risks more stark.

Throughout my life, I have only ever been motivated by public service, the opportunity to serve our country is all I ever asked. That's why this is an opportunity I humbly accept.

This is how we make ourselves fit to face the future, how we will continue to be a strong, dependable ally to our friends abroad, and how we will be an engine of growth and jobs here at home.

But investment is only one side of the coin because while we will always back our brave men and women who serve, ensuring they have the resources and the kit that they need, we also owe it to them and to the whole country to ensure that…

What I will not do, because I think it would not only be limiting to my time in this post, but potentially ending of my time in this post, is to write the chancellor's next budget and next spending review for him.

Nothing can compare to being asked to make a difference to the lives of women and girls. It was incredible.

For me it is one of the most important jobs in government. It was the honour of my life to be able to do it.

I understand what it is like not to be seen and not to be heard.

Victims deserve someone at their best.

Honour of lifetime to be minister for safeguarding. Quickly found contents overwhelmingly triggering.

That is a worrying sign, we need to have a government which is on top of the public finances, not one that is making lots of spending commitments without explaining where the money is going to come from.