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According to The Sunday Times Mr Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief advisor, is considering a plan that would cut the number of Cabinet Ministers from 33 to 20. Speaking to the paper one source said: “We’ve been left in no doubt that it will be radical.” There are also claims Mr Cummings is plotting wider civil service reform, which could see several Government departments merged or disbanded.

One official told The Sunday Times: “Everyone either talks of eating or being eaten. “You definitely want to be the eater and not the eatee.” Mr Cummings is a longstanding critic of the civil service machine. In 2016 he led the official pro-Brexit ‘Vote Leave’ campaign to victory during the EU referendum.

Mr Cummings is a longstanding critic of the civil service machine.

Mr Cummings led the official pro-Brexit ‘Vote Leave’ campaign to victory during the EU referendum.

He was later played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the TV drama ‘Brexit: The Uncivil War.” The Sunday Times reports a new immigration department could be created whilst the Home Office could take control of prisons from the Ministry of Justice. There are also claims the Department for International Development, which deals with foreign aid, could be reformed or even disbanded. READ MORE: Dominic Cummings resigned: Has Dominic Cummings resigned?

The Sunday Times reports a new immigration department could be created.

The power is firmly in Mr Johnson's hands.

Mr Johnson will now seek a trade deal with the EU.

“Cummings will get dropped at some point. “Munira Mirza is getting stronger, Eddie Lister has a significant role to play. “Cummings is trying to make it all about him and the Vote Leave team he brought into Number 10 to shake things up.”

Ms Mirza is the 10 Downing Street head of policy and also coauthored the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto. Similarly Mr Lister is another close advisor to the Prime Minister. Mr Johnson was reelected as Prime Minister on December 12 with a majority of 80. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party suffered its worse defeat since 1935 losing 262 MPs.

Mr Johnson was reelected as Prime Minister on December 12 with a majority of 80.

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