Theresa May will this week call for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour and other parties to help shape her government's policies to create a "fairer Britain".
The prime minister will say she is prepared to "debate and discuss" ideas with her rival parties to tackle "unfairness" as she acknowledges her government needs a different approach after the bruising election result.
Labour has attacked the unorthodox call for cross-party support as proof Mrs May's administration has "completely run out of ideas" after a year in power and was "brazenly borrowing Labour's campaign slogans".
The PM will insist she still has the right vision for Britain after 12 months in Number 10 and an "unshakeable sense of purpose" to build a fairer nation.
Tuesday's speech, which coincides with the publishing of a Government review of the "gig economy", is seen as an attempt to regain the public's confidence in her leadership, with a newfound priority of cooperation.
"I say to the other parties in the House of Commons ... come forward with your own views and ideas about how we can tackle these challenges as a country," she will say.
"We may not agree on everything, but through debate and discussion - the hallmarks of our parliamentary democracy - ideas can be clarified and improved and a better way forward found."
Mrs May will say "though the result of last month's General Election was not what I wanted" her "commitment to change in Britain is undimmed" as she continues to lead the country.
She will go on: "My belief in the potential of the British people and what we can achieve together as a nation remains steadfast; and the determination I have to get to grips with the challenges posed by a changing world never more sure.
"I am convinced that the path that I set out in that first speech outside Number 10 and upon which we have set ourselves as a Government remains the right one. It will lead to the stronger, fairer Britain that we need."
The speech is seen by some as an attempt to relaunch her premiership following a disappointing election result and the subsequent to prop up her administration.
Shadow communities secretary Andrew Gwynne condemned the approach, saying: "Theresa May has finally come clean and accepted the Government has completely run out of ideas. As a result they're having to beg for policy proposals from Labour.
"They're also brazenly borrowing Labour's campaign slogans. But no one will be fooled - the Tories are the party of the privileged few. This is further evidence that this Government can no longer run the country."
The Liberal Democrats said Mrs May's stance could be viewed as a plea for help on Brexit from Labour.
Lib Dem Brexit spokesman Tom Brake said: "A call for Labour to contribute is superfluous. On the single biggest issue of our generation, Brexit, Corbyn isn't contributing, he is cheerleading."
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