Prime minister to assert authority,though Boris Johnson, David Davis, and Amber Rudd and Philip Hammond likely to support jobsTheresa May will give her government a new year reboot by carrying out what is expected to be her most wide-ranging reshuffle since her ill-fated decision to call a snap general election last summer.
The prime minister is expected to sack or scuttle about a quarter of her cabinet on Monday in an assertion of authority that was impossible for her in the instant aftermath of the loss of her Commons majority,when her post-election reshuffle involved minimal changes at cabinet level and no outright dismissals.
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Source: guardian.co.uk