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Theresa May's most-trusted Cabinet minister has revealed how the Prime Minister hopes to turn around her fortunes and fight the next General Election.

Damian Green, who was effectively installed as Mrs May's deputy this summer, insisted voters will warm to the Prime Minister before they next head to the ballot box.

Following her snap General Election disaster in June, where Mrs May saw the Tories' majority vanish in the face of a resurgent Labour, it had been thought the Prime Minister would see through Brexit and then step down before the next election, scheduled for 2022.

But Mrs May surprised Tory MPs last month by .

Mr Green, a friend of the Prime Minister since they attended Oxford University together, has now outlined how Mrs May will try to retain the trust of her party beyond the Brexit negotiations.

The First Secretary of State told the Spectator: "She is a fighter, and she's got an agenda for the country that she's passionate about.

"She wants to put that into practice. By 2022, she will have a big record of achievement to show.

"I'm optimistic that we'll have a good Brexit deal, and we're determined to pursue a domestic agenda that will show people who may not previously have benefited from Conservative successes that they can do so.

"Different types of people, in different parts of the country. I think people will see that as a success."

Mr Green blamed the Conservative manifesto and a "safety first" campaign for the party's shock election calamity, when the PM had hoped to significantly boost her majority.

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He insisted "fantastically hardworking" Mrs May will become more popular the longer she spends in 10 Downing Street, claiming the public got the "wrong impression" of the PM this year.

"The more people get to know her, the more they will see the huge qualities she brings to the job," he added.

By contrast, Mr Green suggested voters would be "searching for alternatives" if they began to seriously believe Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell were close to winning power, boosting the Tories' chances in 2022.

He also warned fellow Cabinet ministers to keep their disputes private, in the wake of Boris Johnson's recent bombshell intervention over Brexit.

The Foreign Secretary risked a fresh row when he used a speech on Wednesday night to pressure Mrs May on making her planned Brexit transition period as short as possible.