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The Claim

Keir Starmer said, "The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it? I’m proud that the answer is yes."

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The Short Version

The quote is directly supported by first-party and independent evidence. Verified posts on Starmer’s official social media accounts contain the exact wording, and multiple mainstream outlets reported the same line. Some coverage discusses slightly different phrasing in Parliament, but that does not change the fact that he said this quote.

Caveats

  • The strongest evidence is from Starmer’s verified social media accounts; some reports may blur written posts and spoken remarks.
  • Different outlets quote related but not always identical wording from parliamentary exchanges, so venue and phrasing should not be conflated.
  • This fact-check addresses attribution only, not whether Starmer’s claim about leaving Britain better off is itself accurate.

The Receipts

  1. Andy Burnham to become UK's next prime minister after meeting with King Charles III

    ABC News via NewsBreak

  2. ‘This is the end of my political journey,' Starmer says, at final question session as U.K. leader

    The Globe and Mail

  3. The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it?

    Facebook

  4. Starmer: I've left Britain in a better place

    The Telegraph

  5. Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) / Posts

    X

  6. Ditching PMs when things go wrong is a bad habit, but with Starmer it had to be done

    The Telegraph

  7. Starmer hails ‘huge privilege' of representing UK at final foreign summit

    The Independent

  8. Keir Starmer – 2026 Final Answer at PMQs

    UKPOL.co.uk

  9. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation speech in full

    BBC News

  10. Starmer to continue as MP after prime minister tenure ends

    Eastern Eye

+ 22 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

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Keir Starmer