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UK PM May plans Cabinet rejig to reassert power

May signals Foreign Secretary Johnson could be sacked

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I'm the PM, and part of my job is to make sure I always have the best people in my Cabinet, says UK PM Theresa May

Tim Ross, Robert Hutton & Alex Morales | Reuters
British Prime Minister Theresa May has signalled that she could sack Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, a Sunday newspaper said, as she tries to reassert her authority after a series of political disasters.
 
The Sunday Times said it asked May about her plans for Johnson, who has professed loyalty but is accused by some of the prime minister's allies of undermining her by putting forward his own vision for Britain's exit from the European Union.
 
"It has never been my style to hide from a challenge and I'm not going to start now," it quoted May as replying, in

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