India, July 16 -- Keir Starmer wrapped up his final Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session in the lower house of the UK Parliament on Wednesday with an emotional farewell and a standing ovation from the Government benches.

The 63-year-old Labour MP, who announced his resignation last month and has been serving as caretaker until the party leader is elected, said he was leaving Britain in a better place than he found it and expressed "wholehearted support" for his successor.

Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, is on course to take charge as the new British prime minister next week after being endorsed by a resounding 349 Labour MPs in the leadership race. "I'm proud to leave this country in a better shape than I foun...