Keir Starmer: “We cannot have another situation like Afghanistan, where the US negotiated directly with the Taliban and cut out the…”

I leave probably the most high-profile job in the country to the most important, which is to be the best dad I can to my kids and best husband I can to my wife.

I'm proud to have turned the Labour Party around, to have won a general election, and to put the party on a good footing.

I will also continue, as I have done for a long time now with others, to work on combating violence against women and girls; that is an issue that matters to me hugely.

We know that this fight is our fight.