Keir Starmer: “I’m very proud of every one of our MPs who’ve had a landslide Labour victory, coming from all different backgrounds…”

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.

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.

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.

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