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I wish the very best of luck to my successor, Andy and his cabinet. You have my full support, and I will continue to play my part in helping this Labour government deliver the change the country needs.

Immigration is down significantly. Our defence and security are on a far stronger footing and our international reputation is greatly enhanced.

Our public services are on the up, with the biggest fall in waiting times for 17 years. Children are being lifted out of poverty every single day.

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.

I am about to visit His Majesty the King to offer my resignation and close the book on my time as Prime Minister. My work is done.

Every Prime Minister deserves to be able to speak in Downing Street without being drowned out by 'music'.

I congratulate Andy Burnham on his appointment as Prime Minister.

Everyone recognises that people are under pressure, living standards have not risen and we have to grip that.

If we’re still using oil and gas [which we are], importing it instead of producing it at home doesn’t change the climate impact. It does change who gets the jobs, who gets the tax revenues to fund our public services and who controls our…

It has been the privilege of my life to serve as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The economy today is stronger, fairer and more resilient because of the choices we have taken as a Labour Government over the past two years.

The British public are right to be furious. We've banned bonuses for polluting water bosses and will be taking action to prevent bonuses by any other name.

It's outrageous that one of the worst-performing water companies is handing out bonuses and inflation-busting pay rises to its executives.

It was all Labour this, Labour that, their factions, their issues. I'm not sure that he is aware of what the country's priorities are and if he's become prime minister without that then I think he's going being for a rude awakening, to use…

The whole of government machinery can work in service of the agenda and the vision that the Labour government is setting out under Andy Burnham

The privatisation of water hasn't worked. It's not created competition. What you've seen is bills going up and up and up over years and years and years. Investment not being made... and then now these companies are in real distress.

Canada can’t afford to stand still and must be ready to defend its sovereignty and its allies.

I’m more interested in results and I think that the generation of Canadians who’ve been locked out of housing are more interested in results than performative politics.

I don’t think that foreign buyers were really driving prices up. It was really more government charges, fees, and taxes in those high-priced markets.