May on Brink of Losing Second Top Minister in One Week
From bloomberg.com
Prime Minister Theresa May ordered her international development secretary to abandon a visit to Africa and return home immediately, suggesting she’s on the point of firing a member of her cabinet as the U.K. government faces fresh turmoil in the midst of Brexit talks. Priti Patel, who arrived in Kenya on Tuesday, was returning home at May’s request on Wednesday morning, according to a government official who asked not to be identified. On Monday, Patel admitted to holding a series of unauthorized meetings with Israeli officials behind the prime minister’s back. On Tuesday, it emerged both that she had then suggested ...
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