Speaking in her Maidenhead constituency, the Prime Minister told reporters she had "had a cold all week".


But she insisted all ministers backed her to remain in the top job.


She added that MPs would get an update on her Florence speech next week and that the energy cap policy announced at the Tory conference would soon begin its progress through Parliament.


Mrs May's comments follow former party chairman Grant Shapps' claim that he and 30 other MPs - including "one or two Cabinet ministers" - had agreed to call on her to resign.


Mr Shapps said his party "must look for a new leader" and compared Mrs May's situation to the end of Gordon Brown and John Major's time in power, telling Sky News: "I don't think we're heading anywhere different."


He said the list of MPs was drawn up "long before" the party conference, but that Downing Street had "pleaded" with him not to go public to upstage the event.


Mr Shapps blamed party whips for briefing the media in order to force his hand.


He joins former minister Ed Vaizey, who said he was finding it "increasingly difficult" to see a way forward with Mrs May, as the only two MPs openly calling for her to go.


Under party rules, 48 MPs are needed to force a leadership contest.




SKY    News.