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It's a horrible, nasty, violent business. A lot of people get stabbed.

County lines is a really horrific crime, which is a violent one, which is about basically the journey that drugs take across the country to get to people who want to buy their drugs for their weekend drug taking or for their drug use.

The ability to trust people in places that understand their patch, to think about what the solutions are for their patch, is what we need to be doing.

My amendment to limit all single donations in a calendar year to £100,000 – a huge sum itself to most – would ensure no one can evade a cap wherever they are based.

Next Tuesday, the representation of the people bill returns to the Commons.

Whether a million-pound individual donation from a private benefactor comes from overseas or from a UK-based billionaire, the public understand the risk remains broadly the same: that political outcomes are being sold to the highest bidder…

I urge everyone to avoid speculation and allow the police investigation to progress.

Ann’s dedication to public service was decades long, and she was a true servant of her constituents.

The economic trajectory of Manchester's in a positive way

Internal blood letting was not in the party's best interests

We need to get on board

We need a full Hillsborough Law on the books now, which also covers the security services, to prevent more appalling scandals and ensure justice for victims.

I am confident it will be back in the coming days.

They need things to change, they voted for that change two years ago, they've sent us a clear message that they want that change to be bolder, they want it to be faster.

I think there will be two things that will be different under Andy Burnham. The first is that it will be faster and bolder, and he's willing to think very differently about how we deliver that change.

The provision of cash to meet the additional costs of disability is vital.

We will not be moving away from the importance of that, but I think there is a question about whether the process can also point people towards help that may be valuable to them in addition to, or in some cases perhaps instead of, a cash…

The PM in that LBC interview… got us off to a bad start in opposition and I think he's acknowledged that and that's definitely the case.