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'Get on with the job': Boris Johnson rallies Cabinet after tight win

Johnson won the ballot of Conservative Party law-makers on Monday night by 211 votes to 148

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi (unseen) speaks during the joint statement after their meeting, in New Delhi, Friday, April 22  2022. (PTI)
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi (unseen) speaks during the joint statement after their meeting, in New Delhi, Friday, April 22 2022. (PTI)

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to shore up his leadership on Tuesday by setting out a raft of new policies to ministers after he narrowly survived a confidence vote that revealed the scale of the threat to his position.

Johnson won the ballot of Conservative Party law-makers on Monday night by 211 votes to 148 — enough to avoid having to immediately resign but a larger than anticipated rebellion within his party that leaves him wounded and battling to win back the confidence of his colleagues and the general public.

His first challenge is to convince his most senior allies, some

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