Everything Sir Keir Starmer said in his maiden speech as new Prime Minister

Sir Keir Starmer addressed the nation for the first time today as the UK's new prime minister, vowing to 'rebuild the country' and pledging his government would 'treat every single person in this country with respect' - in what he called his 'mission of national renewal'.

"My government will serve you," he told the public in his maiden speech from Downing Street. "Have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately."

The country, he said, now has a government 'unburdened by doctrine, guided only by the determination to serve your interest, to defy quietly those who have written our country off'.

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The Labour leader - who swept to power overnight as the Tories suffered historic landslide losses and Rishi Sunak resigned as leader of the Conservative Party - spoke in front of huge crowds.

Earlier, Sir Keir was invited to form a government by the King at Buckingham Palace. The palace said in a statement: "The King received in Audience The Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer MP today and requested him to form a new Administration. Sir Keir accepted His Majesty’s offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury."

Cheering supporters waved Union flags as Sir Keir was swept into Downing Street in a car together with his life, Lady Victoria Starmer.

Hand-in-hand, they walked the short distance up to No 10 together, stopping only to embrace and thank the gathered crowds.

At a waiting lectern, Sir Keir gave his first address.

He began by thanking the outgoing prime minister, Rishi Sunak, saying his achievement in becoming the country's first British-Asian prime minister and 'the extra effort that that will