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David Bond

Boris Johnson ally Lord Stephen Greenhalgh predicts former PM will return to Number 10 this year

Boris Johnson

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A Tory peer has predicted Boris Johnson will return to Number 10 this year - just as Rishi Sunak prepares to set out his vision for Britain in his first major speech since becoming Prime Minister.

Lord Stephen Greenhalgh - a close ally of Mr Johnson and a former Deputy Mayor for London - compared the former Prime Minister to Harold Wilson who had two separate stints as PM, once between 1964 and 1970 and again between 1974 and 1976.

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