The Trade and Business Departments could be merged and theDepartment abolished, with a powerful new role reportedly handed to Cabinet Office ministerMichael Gove.
And the Department for International Development could reportedly be folded into the Foreign Office in a move likely to prompt concerns for the future running of foreign aid.
The BBC also appears to be in the Tory leader’s sights after Andrew Neil’s decision to ’empty-chair’ the PM when he avoided an interview prompted fury.
Downing Street is preparing to launch a formal consultation on whether viewers should face prosecution for failing to pay the annual cost, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
And No (is said to have boycotted a BBC Radio 4 Today program interview yesterday.
The BBC has furiously denied accusations of bias.
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is said to have celebrated his unexpected – seat win with a curry in No 410 cooked by girlfriend Carrie and a dinner in browns restaurant in Mayfair.****************************
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Mr Johnson paid a highly symbolic visit on Saturday to Tony Blair’s old Sedgefield constituency – which turned blue(Image: Getty Images)
MPs will return to Parliament from Tuesday and the Queen’s Speech will be held on Thursday – followed by a swift vote before Christmas on the first stage of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill.
As part of the Queen’s Speech, Boris Johnson is to enshrine in law a commitment to raise spending on the NHS ************************************** year-on-year.
It comes after Mr Johnson used a highly symbolic visit on Saturday to Tony Blair’s old Sedgefield constituency to promise to repay the trust of traditional (Laborvoters who turned for the first time to the Conservatives in the election.
The County Durham seat was part of a previously solid “red wall” of safe Labor seats across the North, the Midlands and north Wales which turned blue on Thursday night, helping the Conservatives to a crushing Commons majority of ******************************************** (******************************************************************** (Read More) ************************************** (********************************************
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