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

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.

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 will also continue, as I have done for a long time now with others, to work on combating violence against women and girls; that is an issue that matters to me hugely.

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