Sir Keir Starmer: “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.”

And so, under this attack, it is vital that we remember the greatness of the Britain all around us.

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.

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 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.