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Theresa May denies being a "dead woman walking"

Theresa May has denied being a “dead woman walking” in the wake of her election humiliation.

During a Downing Street interview after her cabinet reshuffle, Sky News journalist Beth Rigby asked: “Are you now in a situation where you are so weakened where you have no choice but to put influential adversaries at the top of your table?”

This was a reference to the return of Michael Gove to the cabinet table - just hours after George Osborne called Mrs May a “dead woman walking”.

Mrs May replied: “What I have seen today is people coming from across the party, accepting the invitation to be in my cabinet.

“I have brought in talent from across the Conservative Party. We are going to be getting on with the job of government.”

Mrs May was also asked if she intends to serve a full five-year term.

She said: “I said during the campaign that if re-elected I would intend to serve a full term. The public want to see a government providing certainty and stability.”