Keir Starmer: “Peace cannot come at any cost.”

I will now focus on other things and that will be international affairs including defence, security, trade and technology in a fast-changing world.

I had a meeting with him to tell him that in this country we will stand with him and Ukraine, and I didn’t let him leave alone.

I think once you’ve been prime minister, it’s important to answer the question: what are you going to do next? Having decided I’m going to concentrate on international affairs, I think it’s right to step down.

There is now I think a sound footing, a sound foundation, and the party can go on and win a second term, which is what I always thought we could do.