'This is it, folks': Boris Johnson makes final speech as British prime minister

Boris Johnson held his wife’s hand and shook hands with officials as he left the street to rapturous applause.

Outgoing British prime minister Boris Johnson makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, before leaving for Balmoral to formally resign. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Boris Johnson pledged his “fervent support” for successor Liz Truss as she prepared to take over as British prime minister and deliver a plan to address the energy crisis.

In his farewell speech outside No 10, the outgoing prime minister said his successor’s administration would do “everything we can” to help people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.