Keir Starmer

Ukraine in many senses is the defining cause of our time because this is a fight about the values of democracy and freedom that are hugely important to the United Kingdom.

I got into a lot of trouble in a primary school when an eight-year-old encouraged me to do the 6-7 thing and the whole class joined in. It went viral and when I left, the headteacher told me sternly that it was against the school rules.

I had a meeting with him to tell him that in this country we will stand with him and Ukraine, and I didn’t let him leave alone.

Throughout this conflict, I have seen the incredible fortitude of the Ukrainian people and the iron will of a nation that refuses to be cowed.

I am so proud of what Britain has contributed. That work will continue, and our cast-iron support for Ukraine will always endure.

British Steel is part of the fabric of our nation and a cornerstone of Britain’s industrial strength.

The award was completely unexpected and very meaningful. It really means a huge amount.

We know that this fight is our fight.

The UK's support for Ukraine will not waver. I say that with real confidence because it has not wavered since the outbreak of this conflict.

I will be cheering on Andy Burnham from the sidelines.

I have an important appointment with my TV at 8pm tonight.

It’s about millions of working people they will never meet. Making sure that nobody else like them, ever has to suffer as they did.

It’s not just the unimaginable loss of losing their loves ones at football game - a place of joy and human spirit.

I come here today not to take credit for this government or this House, but as prime minister, to put on our national record exactly where the credit belongs, because it belongs to the families and to the campaigners.

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.

We have had robust exchanges across this despatch box, but she has extended kindness to me privately at very difficult times, including when there was an attempt to burn down our family home, which deeply affected my family, she reached…

In six years we went from historic defeat in 2019 to historic victory in 2024, and in two years in government, I leave the country in better shape than I found it. I am proud of everything that we have achieved.

Mr Speaker, this will be my last answer from this despatch box.

Let me also pay tribute to the courage of the Hillsborough families. The Hillsborough law we passed in this House last night is not only a law for them and the 97, it is a law that ensures the state serves millions of working people and…

I will not give advice, just my whole-hearted support.

To all those in the gallery whose lives have been changed or improved by this Labour government, and all across the country who struggle to be seen or heard. You're the reason I came into politics. To my wife and children, I love you…

Every Prime Minister knows when they take up the torch, that the day will come when they have to pass it on. That day has come for me. This is the end of my political journey.

Mr Speaker, they intend to spend the summer arguing with a bin. My advice to everyone is 'put your vote in the bin'.

I know that Reform believe in recycling politicians.

We put the biggest investment into defence and security, and our international standing has been restored.