Boris Johnson asked all party leaders to "work together" with him on coronavirus - at the exact moment Jeremy Corbyn leaves office.
The Prime Minister released a letter to opposition chiefs just an hour before a new Labour leader is due to be announced to take over from Mr Corbyn.
He invited all opposition leaders in Parliament to a briefing next week with himself, the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser.
Mr Johnson added: "As party leaders, we have a duty to work together at this moment of national emergency. "I want to listen to your views." The PM's letter stops short of proposing a government of national unity - where rival parties rule together - to find a way out of the Covid-19 crisis.