And when my brother died of cancer, she reached out to me privately, not across this despatch box, and I thank her for that and the tribute that she’s just made to my wife and children, who mean the world to me.
Final PMQs appearance as leader.
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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 go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything we have achieved.
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.
It’s work I started before I became an MP and it’s work I’m keen to continue after I’m an MP.
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