Will Rishi Sunak reshuffle his top team in a matter of days if not hours? That’s the rumour going around Westminster this evening. As I first reported last month, there have been plans for some time for a summer reshuffle before MPs head home for the long recess. However, this was then complicated by the triple by-election. The original plan was to hold the by-elections last week – 13 July – which would have freed up this week for Sunak to try to move the narrative on with a wide-ranging pre-election reshuffle. The fact that the by-elections are this week instead means that it is now more complicated both politically and logistically. If Sunak loses all three, is it a wise move to go around sacking ministers? What’s more, if he waits beyond Wednesday, most MPs will be away from the Commons.
It’s still the case that Sunak could choose to move this week – perhaps Friday – with no final decision understood to be made.
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