Keir Starmer: “What I was elected to do, which is to serve my country”

It has been a huge honour and privilege to represent the best constituency in the country and to have taken over from Frank Dobson, who was such a great constituency MP and a member of the last Labour government.

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

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

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.