‘Energy Gone’ From Downing Street Reshuffle Proposals – Guido Fawkes

‘Energy Gone’ From Downing Street Reshuffle Proposals

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There is wild briefing about the timing and content of a Downing Street reshuffle. Three main variants: Cabinet shuffle, mid-ranking ministerial shuffle, Downing Street personnel shuffle…

Proposals for a Cabinet reshuffle have died down and Guido hears from a Downing Street source that while things are unclear as they stand going into Summer recess there will be “definitely no shuffle before September” and on the whole “energy has gone out of doing it this side of Christmas.” The PM guaranteed DCMS’ survival this afternoon at the Liaison Committee. Top-ranking ministers sitting safe for now – ministers can plough ahead with more mad policy over August with no parliamentary oversight…

The primary focus in Downing Street is on the inbound budget, which will come some time after Labour Conference at the end of September. There will not be the appetite to rock the boat in between those two events if Starmer can get away with it…