Sir Keir Starmer: “Your fight is our fight, your security is our security, and the UK will not waver.”

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

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.