Boris Johnson is expected to defy influential adviser Dominic Cummings by refusing to sack Liz Truss in a Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday and scaling back plans for a 'St Valentine's Day massacre'. And Mr Gove wishes to use the Cabinet Office for cross-departmental No Deal Brexit planning to speed up the decision-making process. There had been briefings – blamed by her friends on Mr Cummings – that she would be fired. Meanwhile, Downing Street enforcer Mr Cummings faces increasing opposition to his 'control freak' management style in No 10 and over his threats to sack staff. Ministers and aides vented their fury after Mr Cummings told a meeting of ministerial advisers on Friday night that he would only 'see half of them' next Friday.

Source: Daily Mail February 09, 2020 00:37 UTC