Keir Starmer

We pulled a big lever on child poverty, and this government will be doing more on child poverty than any government ever, including previous Labour governments.

We pulled the levers to strengthen our public services, and NHS waiting lists are coming down at the fastest rate for 17 years.

We pulled the levers to stabilise the economy, and we’ve stabilised the economy.

We did pull the levers.

This will be my last answer from this dispatch box.

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.

I’m proud of everything that we have achieved.

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.

This is the end of my political journey.

It’s not about them. It’s about millions of working people they will never meet.

That’s the first thing that humbles you when meeting the Hillsborough families – how much they have endured.

It is a law for everyone.

Courage of Hillsborough families is humbling - making sure nobody suffers as they did

My government will leave no stone unturned in our pursuit to give every child the best start in life.

A criminal group called the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right have publicly claimed seven attacks at UK locations linked to Jewish and Israeli communities, and sitting behind them were members of Iran’s IRGC.

The IRGC has a long history of using proxies and criminal networks to target people in the UK.

Today’s funding builds on that work – delivering a step-change in protection and policing so Jewish communities can live and celebrate their faith free from fear.

The rise in antisemitism we have seen in recent years is a test of our values as a country and tackling it has been central to my leadership from day one.

The chief constable has briefed me on the details as they’re known at the moment, but I think it’s very important for us to have in our thoughts the family and friends of Ann Widdecombe and, to be clear, the single most important thing at…

It's an amazing privilege to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. If you love your country as I do, to be able to represent your country, to sit in front of the flag, and to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the…

It matters to me that a Labour government succeeds. It matters to me that the country thrives, and therefore not only do I think it's the right thing to do personally for me, I genuinely think it's the right thing to do for the country…

I have vowed to go in good grace and to do everything I can to make sure what happens next is a success, and I really mean that.

I think that Israel does have that right. Obviously everything should be done within international law, but I don't want to step away from the core principles that Israel has a right to defend herself.

He's been utterly exposed over the last 24 hours with this desperate measure. We know why he's done it. He's absolutely up to his neck in sleaze.

I said to Jonas, the Prime Minister of Norway, we're very strategically aligned, I'm good friends of his... But for 90 minutes on Saturday evening, we'll have to go our different ways as we go into that match.