Boris Johnson planning Cabinet reshuffle with three top ministers tipped for the chop
BORIS Johnson plans to reshuffle his Cabinet before the party conference season – with three top ministers tipped for the chop.
There are question marks over the future of Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Trade Sec Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Environment boss George Eustice.
And The Sun can reveal the PM has even discussed moving Chancellor Rishi Sunak before the next Election.
A well-placed source said: “There are a number of vote winning ideas that Rishi has blocked and you can’t go to the country with those tensions there.
“Moving him at some point is on the table.”
Insiders say a return to Mr Johnson’s inner circle of Sir Lynton Crosby spells trouble for Sunak – with claims the Aussie election guru thinks the Chancellor is “too rich” to relate during a cost of living crisis.
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Last night a No10 source pointed to the fact Mr Johnson had given public assurances Sunak will deliver a Budget in the Autumn.
But a wider reshuffle before then has not been ruled out.
Mr Kwarteng infuriated No10 by bashing as windfall tax after the PM backed the policy and there are concerns Ms Trevelyan is having “no impact” at Trade.
Doubts have also been raised over Party Chairman Oliver Dowden – who annoyed Mr Johnson’s core allies by “going missing” during his recent leadership woes.
One said: “The Party Chairman should be Boris’s chief intelligence gatherer on the mood of the party, but he was nowhere to be seen.”