One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients.

We are living as if we had three planets' worth of resources to live with rather than just one. We need to cut by about two-thirds our ecological footprint. For that we need one planet farming as well as one planet living - one planet farming which minimises the impact on the environment of food production and consumption, and which maximises its contribution to renewal of the natural environment

Dangerous climate change... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed

And the truth is, those who are terrorists only have to succeed once, and those of us who are trying to build an inclusive society have to succeed every time.

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker.