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Weeks of disorder and damaging headlines have seen the spotlight turn on Boris Johnson’s inner circle this week, with MPs beginning to raise concerns about a lack of experience in his No. 10 team.

A Conservative whip told The Telegraph that “the rumour is persistently around” that some MPs had already submitted letters of no-confidence in their leader to the 1922 Committee. If 15% of Tory MPs hand such letters to the committee, a leadership contest is triggered.

Elsewhere, the government was forced to take action following another high-profile energy company collapse. And Sajid Javid was forced to defend a planned shake-up of parts of the NHS to make England’s public health services more integrated.

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Tragedy also struck in the Channel when at least 27 people including a pregnant woman died trying to cross from France to England in a small boat. But the worst loss of life since records began is unlikely to deter further illegal crossings.

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