Theresa May wants Conservative MPs to help write manifesto

Theresa May speaks to Conservative party members in Walmsley parish hall in Bolton.Conservative MPs have been asked to submit ideas to No 10 for Theresa May’s first election manifesto, with some of those trying to keep their seats in remain-supporting areas asking for explicit mention of the need to seek a trade deal with the EU.The MPs, in south-west England and Greater London, are also calling for transitional controls to prevent a cliff-edge at the point of Brexit, while others fighting