Sir Keir Starmer: “I have chosen not to further increase government borrowing or cut day-to-day spending on public services to pay for the…”

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.

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

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.

Yet the thing I will always take away with me – the most humbling aspect of this job – is the front-row seat you get to witness the greatest things of this country in action.