Sir Keir Starmer: “It's not just the size of your army, it's how you fight a modern conflict.”

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.

I’m proud to hand over the party in good shape to Andy Burnham, and hand over the country in good shape to Andy Burnham.

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