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The close ally of Boris Johnson keeps his role at the Foreign Office.

Boris Johnson ally loses brief overseeing animal welfare and will no longer attend cabinet

Exclusive: Liz Truss strips Conservative peer of environment minister post but he is expected to keep Foreign Office role

Brussels has accused the government of acting illegally after refusing to bring in full checks on goods entering Northern Ireland, as agreed in the 2019 post-Brexit dea

In some respects, the UK has been among the world’s most successful countries at taking action against climate change over the past few decades. Yet that progress could be reversed and thrown away for a few years of slightly cheaper gas for a few people, and a lot of profits…

Political ‘issues’ likely to come up as PM hosts world leaders this weekend, says No 10

This is a government in a hurry. Boris Johnson secured an 80-seat majority but due to a combination of Covid, scandal and ideological torpor, did not get much done. Liz Truss, on the other hand, has no plans to let this majority go to waste.

It would be their first meeting since she became Prime Minister.

Details of how the funding for the £2500 cap on fuel bills will be paid for should be in the statement.