Sir Keir Starmer: “It will provide the resources our military needs to keep us safe and the clarity the British defence industry needs to…”

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

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.

I thank the British people for the opportunity to serve. I go with good grace. I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything that we have achieved.

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.