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

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 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.

Our public services are on the up, with the biggest fall in waiting times for 17 years. Children are being lifted out of poverty every single day.

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