Keir Starmer: “I vowed the UK would stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes - and long after.”

I will now focus on other things and that will be international affairs including defence, security, trade and technology in a fast-changing world.

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.

Our public services are on the up, with the biggest fall in waiting times for 17 years. Children are being lifted out of poverty every single day.