Theresa May, who will become Britain's next prime minister on Wednesday, has said she has three key pledges for the country.
She was speaking in Birmingham shortly before her only rival in the leadership contest, Andrea Leadsom, quit the race and the Home Secretary was confirmed as party chief.
Mrs May said there were three reasons she was the best candidate to replace David Cameron in Downing Street:
1. "First, we need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country - a vision of a country that works for everyone - not just the privileged few."
2. "Second, we need to unite our party and our country.
3. "And third, our country needs strong, proven leadership - to steer us through this time of economic and political uncertainty - and to negotiate the best deal for Britain as we leave the European Union and forge a new role for ourselves in the world."
Mrs May repeated the pledges in Westminster after she was formally announced as the new Conservative leader and again reiterated her vow that "Brexit means Brexit".
Speaking in Birmingham, she insisted there will be "no attempts" to remain in the EU or to rejoin it "by the back door", adding: "As prime minister, I will make sure we leave the European Union."
Mrs May made clear her intention to reach out beyond the comfortable middle-classes who make up the traditional Tory base, saying she wanted to create "a country that works not for the privileged few, but for every one of us".
She said the Conservatives would be "completely, absolutely, unequivocally at the service of ordinary working people" under her leadership.
Mrs May promised to put workers on the boards of major companies and curb excess corporate pay.
She also committed to making shareholder votes on corporate pay binding, rather than merely advisory, insisting that support for enterprise does not mean "anything goes" in the City.
Earlier, Mrs Leadsom had apologised to Mrs May for suggesting that having children made her better qualified to be Prime Minister.
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