Theresa May has brushed off talk of a leadership challenge over the summer, saying she still expects to be Prime Minister for at least another year.

Attending the G20 summit in Hamburg, Mrs May was asked whether other world leaders are convinced she will still be there “in a year or two’s time”.

Mrs May replied: “Yes. We will be playing our absolutely full part and I’ll be playing my full part and the issues that we are discussing are important.”

It comes after the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said earlier this week that Mrs May wanted to stay in post for her full five year term.