Thread by @chootchyface

There will be a lot of changes to the system, hiring, firing & training
We’ve got to shake up:
- people
- structures
- management
- No 10
We have to get the right people in the right jobs across the board. People want change and we’ve got to deliver 1/

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.@BorisJohnson has drawn up plans to run a “revolutionary” government that will see ministers sacked, Whitehall departments abolished and civil servants replaced by external experts in a bid to “reshape” the economy 2/

Up to a third of the cabinet face the sack in a February reshuffle after Brexit so that fresh faces can be brought in to create a “transformative” government focused on the needs of working-class voters who propelled him to a landslide victory last week 3/

In the Queen’s speech on Thursday Boris will announce he is enshrining in law the government’s commitment to boost NHS spending by £33.9bn by 2023-24 — the first time a government has made a spending commitment legally binding over several years 4/

An extra £78bn is being earmarked to transform transport in the north of England with a blitz of new roads, bridges and buses 5/

A signal of his intent @BorisJohnson visited Sedgefield, Tony Blair’s seat
Appropriating language used by New Labour, Blair depicted “servants of the people”
Boris said: “When we get down to Westminster & we begin our work, remember we are not the masters, we are the servants 6/

The prime minister called in senior civil servants, including cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill & announced the whole government had to shift its focus to improving the lives of the working-class voters in the north of England who backed Brexit and switched to the Tories 7/

.@BorisJohnson will abolish DExEU, the Brexit department, on January 31, sending its best staff to join David Frost’s EU negotiating team in the Cabinet Office and the international trade department.
“That’s agreed,” a source said. “It’s happening.” 8/

.@BorisJohnson will make a limited reshuffle on Monday, replacing @NickyMorgan01, the culture secretary, who has stood down, @AlunCairns, the Welsh secretary, who resigned at the start of the campaign and @ZacGoldsmith, who lost his seat last week 9/

A prelude to a Feb clear-out, when he will unveil the team to transform Britain & cement the Tories’ chances of winning an unprecedented 5th term in 2024
Ministers will be selected based on expertise & ability to drive change rather than whether they're good media performers 10/

A senior figure said: “It will be pretty big. It will be finding the people who can do the jobs and not worry about media and short-term things. We’re drawing up a very detailed and very revolutionary plan and then we are going to implement it.” 11/

Another senior government source said: “There will be a cabinet to get Brexit done and then there will be a cabinet to drive through Boris’s agenda to reshape the country. He will use the time between to work out what he wants and who he wants.” 12/

.@BorisJohnson’s three priorities for the next five years will be to convince northern voters to stay with the Tories again

The first priority will be throwing the “kitchen sink” at the NHS so it is “impossible” for Labour to use the issue to beat the government in 2024 13/

Next will be transforming the economy of Britain outside London so that northern voters will benefit from high-tech jobs.

Third will be the launch of record numbers of infrastructure projects, likely to be dubbed Boris bridges 14/

A senior government source said: “We need a radical reform of the machinery to ensure that it’s ready to deliver a transformative government. We need to shift our focus and start delivering for people outside the home counties.” 15/

In addition to the NHS spending lock, the Queen’s speech will also include bills to make terrorists serve their full sentence, provide a better service to commuters, better protection for renters & stop local authorities boycotting products from other countries such as Israel 16/

New rules on senior civil servants will ensure it is easier to recruit external experts from business and other sectors to serve alongside career mandarins. 17.