Keir Starmer: “I have the highest respect for the individuals that you have quoted, but I don’t agree. These are hard-edged decisions…”

It has been a huge honour and privilege to represent the best constituency in the country and to have taken over from Frank Dobson, who was such a great constituency MP and a member of the last Labour government.

Ukraine in many senses is the defining cause of our time because this is a fight about the values of democracy and freedom that are hugely important to the United Kingdom.

I'm absolutely confident when I say our support will not waver. And we'll see that in the coming weeks.

Our public services are on the up, with the biggest fall in waiting times for 17 years. Children are being lifted out of poverty every single day.