Prime Minister will call on parties to work with Government

speech: We will be bold, says May, as she looks for a ‘better way forward’

Theresa May has called on opposition parties to work with the Government on issues such as counter-terrorism, workers’ rights and Brexit.

And she put the spotlight on Jeremy Corbyn as she said that all party leaders should condemn the bullying and harassment some candidates in last month’s general election suffered.

The Prime Minister’s call came ahead of a major speech today, when she is expected to urge other parties to come forward with their own views and ideas to help the Government debate key issues and find a “better way forward”.

In her speech, Mrs May will insist the fragile position of her Government in the Commons will not stop it being “bold”.

But she will accept that the general election result changes the way she has to work in Parliament.

Labour’s shadow communities secretary Andrew Gwynne said the PM had “finally come clean and accepted the Government has completely run out of ideas” and was having to “beg for policy proposals from Labour. No one will be fooled,” said Mr Gwynne.

Liberal Democrat spokesman Tom Brake said Mr Corbyn was already supporting Mrs May’s “hard Brexit” plans, adding: “A call for Labour to contribute is superfluous.

“On the single biggest issue of our generation – Brexit – Corbyn isn’t contributing, he is cheerleading.”

Mrs May will use her speech to return to her core message from when she succeeded David Cameron – a “commitment to greater fairness” and tackling “injustice and vested interests” in recognition that the EU referendum result was a “profound call for change across our country”.

The address is being seen as an attempt to relaunch her premiership after the humiliation of the election result and amid concerns that the Repeal Bill to enact Brexit may be vulnerable to backbench rebellions.

It comes after weekend reports of a plot to oust her by allies of Brexit Secretary David Davis.

Former chief whip Andrew Mitchell, who ran Mr Davis’s 2005 leadership bid, sought to play down claims he told a private dinner that the PM had “lost her authority” and was “dead in the water”, saying the account of the gathering was “overheated”.

Mr Green rejected suggestions Mrs May could be challenged.

He told Sky News that there was no credible plot going on.

On the biggest issue of our generation – Brexit – Corbynisn’t contributing, he is cheerleading. TOM BRAKE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT SPOKESMAN