Keir Starmer: “I'm really shocked that he (Mr Farage) pretends to have respect for Henry's family.”

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.

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 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.