Sir Keir Starmer: “Welfare reform is providing record funding on apprenticeships, that's what we're doing. Apprenticeship starts fell by…”

It's work I started before I became an MP and it's work I'm keen to continue after I'm an MP.

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.

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.

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.