Sir Keir Starmer: “The UK is on a "trajectory" to achieve the ambition of spending 3% of GDP in the next parliament.”

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.

So, as I now pass the baton to Andy Burnham, I wish him every success. He has my full support.

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.

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.