Sir Keir Starmer: “There are difficult questions that need to be answered about the way the police handled Henry’s murder.”

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.

So, as I now pass the baton to Andy Burnham, I wish him every success. He has my full support.

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.

It's not just the size of your army, it's how you fight a modern conflict.