Keir Starmer: “I will fight. That’s not about personal vanity, it’s not about stubbornness, it’s out of a very deep sense of duty.”

I go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything we have achieved.

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

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.

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.