Keir Starmer: “I am not prepared to compromise on the safety and happiness of our children, and that is why this ban must happen,”

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.

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