At the end of the day the prime minister and the chancellor have to look at the overall judgements for the government, the overall affordability and prioritise between different things.
On the responsibilities of the prime minister and chancellor regarding budgets.
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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.
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.
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