Keir Starmer: “We all want peace - the question is, how do we make sure it's a lasting peace.”

Since then, it has been the privilege of my life to serve you and this great country as Prime Minister, and I am confident that Britain is now stronger and fairer than it was two years ago.

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.

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.

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.