Sir Keir Starmer: “Welfare reform is introducing a right to try to incentivise people to take up opportunities. That's what we're doing…”

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.

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

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

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.