Keir Starmer: “I'm not going to walk away. We won an election victory in 2024 with a five year mandate.”

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.

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.

It’s work I started before I became an MP and it’s work I’m keen to continue after I’m an MP.

I am about to visit His Majesty the King to offer my resignation and close the book on my time as Prime Minister. My work is done.