Keir Starmer: “Our thoughts, and I'm sure the thoughts of the whole House, are with the people of Venezuela. The scenes of destruction…”

Immigration is down significantly. Our defence and security are on a far stronger footing and our international reputation is greatly enhanced.

The British people understand what is being fought for here - freedom and democracy, values that we will never take for granted.

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.

In six and a half years, I took our party from a historic defeat in 2019, changed it so it was fit to face the country and won a landslide general election victory in 2024.