Jon Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister without Portfolio, responding to Theresa May’s interview on the Andrew Marr programme said:

“Theresa May said she was providing ‘clarity’ but that’s exactly what we aren’t getting from the Tories. There were very few answers from her this morning either on the big questions facing us. She gave very little detail on her supposed big idea of a 'Great Repeal Act’ other than it’s an ambition; there was no answer on what would be in it, how it would work or, vitally, how she intends to deliver Brexit while protecting our workers and businesses.

"Warm words on a 'country working for everyone’ are meaningless if you’re pursuing policies which do the opposite. They should be addressing problems in the NHS, in our schools and giving the economy the investment it needs. Instead the Tories are looking backwards towards grammar schools, offer no change on the NHS and are still committed to deep cuts.

"The Tories have failed working people for six years and, as Theresa May showed this morning they have no answers to the challenges we face other than taking the country backwards. They cannot give the country the change it needs.”