Keir Starmer: “I will not walk away from Downing Street and am focused on what I was elected to do, which is to serve my country.”

I will now focus on other things and that will be international affairs including defence, security, trade and technology in a fast-changing world.

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.

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.

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.