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Downing Street said the prime minister had told officials to start discussions with countries including the US, Japan, New Zealand and Australia as soon as the UK leaves the bloc on 31 January.
No 10 sources also made it clear Mr Johnson will be focused on his domestic agenda - with senior ministers told to concentrate on delivering the prime minister's promises or face the sack in the upcoming reshuffle.
In a highly unusual move, Downing Street ordered top Tories to stop prioritising their own media profiles over "hard work" if they wanted to keep their jobs.
Mr Johnson’s Brexit timetable means the UK only has 11 months to secure a trade agreement with the EU or risk crashing out without a deal at the end of the year. [...]
Full article on The Independent
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