Sir Keir Starmer: “I made a promise to these families, looked them in the eye, and said I would bring this forward as soon as I could. And…”

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.

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.

Yet the thing I will always take away with me – the most humbling aspect of this job – is the front-row seat you get to witness the greatest things of this country in action.

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