Defence will be the number one priority in that spending review and spending reviews beyond that, because it’s important to this government and it’s important to me.

I agree that the UK Government has to go further on increasing defence funding.

I will fight to remain as prime minister should there be a Labour leadership battle.

My position on the matter is not vanity, not stubbornness.

I will fight. That’s not about personal vanity, it’s not about stubbornness, it’s out of a very deep sense of duty.

I want to complete the work I was elected into government to do. And therefore that’s why I’ve always said I’m not going to walk away from the commitment that I made in 2024 to serve my country and the mandate that I won from the British…

When they left office, 47 out of 49 major defence contracts were delayed or over budget.

We’ve increased defence spending, we are going to publish the defence investment plan, and that will be done before the Nato summit coming up in just a few weeks’ time.

I will crack down on anyone who is fuelling this division.

People are rightly sickened by the horrific attack on Monday night in north Belfast.

Appealing for calm must be the priority, and that is what I urge now.

It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it.