Sir Keir Starmer: “It’s so good to be getting on with the job of governing. A million times better than opposition – you know that!”

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.

For all the focus on individuals, politics will always be a team sport, and the changes we’ve delivered for our country and our party belong to everyone who has fought for them.

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

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.