Prime Minister David Cameron has promised focus, delivery and hard work as he seeks to fight back following poor local election results last week.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he says he will not move to the right or left and is sceptical of those who think the answers to the problems can be found in what he calls "loud ideologies".
Mr Cameron is under pressure from a number of MPs seeking a change of tack.
Some Tory backbenchers are expected to back an "alternative" Queen's Speech.
On Wednesday, the coalition will outline its agenda for the next year in the Queen's Speech, as it tries to regain the initiative after both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats suffered heavy losses in local elections
The Tories lost 405 council seats in Thursday's poll, while their coalition partners lost 336.
In his Telegraph article, Mr Cameron writes: "The message people are sending is this: focus on what matters, deliver what you promise - and prove yourself in the process. I get it."
BBC political correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue, said: "Delivering what's already been promised is the key idea at the centre of this fightback.
Grammar schools"The battles are only won, says the prime minister, when measures are actually experienced on the ground."
Our correspondent says while there will be some new measures aimed at reassuring people that the government is on their side, ministers believe most of their problems would go away if they could turn the economy around and bring unemployment down.
Meanwhile, the influential but unofficial website Conservative Home is publishing an alternative Queen's Speech - including 15 ideas for bills ranging from more grammar schools to a referendum on Britain's EU membership.
Around 20 MPs have contributed ideas, and several senior backbenchers are planning to argue for the plans in various TV appearances.
Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Cameron said: "My reaction to last week's local election results is straightforward: I get the message, loud and clear.
'Familiar excuses'"I know that the familiar excuses - low turnout, mid term blues - aren't enough.
"Even the difficulties of our economic situation and the tough but necessary decisions the government has had to take cannot fully explain the results."
Julian Brazier, the Conservative MP for Canterbury in Kent, urged Mr Cameron to eschew gay marriage and reform of the House of Lords, both of which he described as "pretty ridiculous fringe policies".
Brian Binley, the Tory MP for Northampton who has a record for being outspoken, was quoted on the Conservative Home website as "urging Mr Cameron to rethink policies that are too Lib Dem-friendly".
Mr Cameron's message was echoed on Sunday by his Chancellor, George Osborne, who told the BBC ministers should "focus 100%" on the economy and not get "distracted" by other issues.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17979560#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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