Sir Keir Starmer: “So, as I now pass the baton to Andy Burnham, I wish him every success. He has my full support.”

I’m about to visit His Majesty the King to offer my resignation and close the book on my time as prime minister.

I want to thank once again my family, Vic and our children, my team, all the staff here and across the Labour Party, everyone at Number 10 and across the civil service, and everyone who has supported our efforts along the way.

For all the focus on individuals, politics will always be a team sport, and the changes we’ve delivered for our country and our party belong to everyone who has fought for them.

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.