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Under-fire Boris Johnson names new staff to 'improve how Number 10 operates'
05.02.2022 - 22:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Boris Johnson has announced new staffing appointments at Number 10 following a turbulent week for the under-fire Prime Minister.
A number of Conservative MPs have submitted letters of no confidence in the Prime Minister after the fall-out from 'partygate', while four of Mr Johnson's advisers resigned within hours of one another on Thursday (February 3).
They included Munira Mirza, the Prime Minister's policy chief who quit over his 'scurrilous' remarks made in the House of Commons, when he falsely suggested Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute sex offender Jimmy Savile while serving as director of public prosecutions.
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But Mr Johnson has tonight (Saturday) announced a number of staffing changes which he says will 'improve how Number 10 operates, strengthen the role of my Cabinet and backbench colleagues, and accelerate our defining mission to level up the country'.
Steve Barclay, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will become the PM’s chief of staff and will be 'in charge of integrating the new Office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office, driving the Government’s agenda more efficiently and ensuring it is better aligned with the Cabinet and backbenchers', Number 10 said.
Journalist Guto Harri is joining Downing Street as director of communications.
He was Mr Johnson’s spokesman and chief of staff during his first term as London mayor.
Mr Johnson said: “This week I promised change, so that we can get on with the job the British public elected us to do.
"We need to continue our recovery from the pandemic, help hundreds of thousands more people into work, and deliver our ambitious agenda to level up the
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