May: Labour are now the nasty party

She turned the label she once used as a warning to her own party into a jibe against her opponents as she branded Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour as divided and divisive.

Mrs May described the European Union referendum result a “quiet revolution” that should trigger a much broader change than Brexit.

Repeatedly promising “a change is going to come”, Mrs May promised action against tax-dodgers, housing reform, and to rebalance the economy.

The Prime Minister broke with years of Conservative rhetoric on the perils of the state with a call for the party to rediscover its faith in what Government can achieve.

Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, she said: “This is a bold plan to bring Britain together. To build a new united Britain, rooted in the centre ground.

An agenda for a new modern Conservatism. That understands the good government can do. That will never hesitate to face down the powerful when they abuse their positions of privilege.

“That will always act in the interests of ordinary, working class people.

“That’s what government’s about: action. It’s about doing something, not being someone.”

Check back for more and reaction.