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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says

Danny Kruger
Danny Kruger acknowledged during the press conference in London that Reform was an ‘ill-disciplined’ ship. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

Reform UK would allow ministers to ignore international law and give them the ability to fire civil servants in a Donald Trump-style overhaul of government powers, the party’s new efficiency tsar has said.

Danny Kruger, who defected to Reform from the Conservatives last month, set out the party’s plans to change the way the government and civil service operate, handing more power to the cabinet.

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