Sir Keir Starmer: “We've got a clear manifesto commitment in terms of not rejoining the EU, and that's why we've gone for the closer…”

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.

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

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