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the faces of his closest aids on the day
after the election. Or at least that was
then. In the five years since he's
become leader, Karma has had four chiefs
of staff, two cabinet secretaries, and
five directors of communication. And
today, again, he changed that team
around him.
On the left is Darren Jones, the
Treasury number two, who oversaw
government spending. He's being sent
next door to help the prime minister.
Old faces back too. Tim Allen helped
Labour prep for power in 1997 and after
a spell in lobbying is now in charge of
the political message. Back for phase
two of this government. Most moves seem
designed to boost number 10's economic
firepower as they wrestle with a massive
budget black hole. But one appointment
matters most. The prime minister has
brought in a Mr. Fix It to sort out his
problems. Mid-ranking cabinet minister
Darren Jones has been parachuted into
Downing Street with a brief to stick his
nose in other cabinet ministers affairs
and report back to the prime minister
about what works and what doesn't. Maybe
there's a reason that job and job title
chief secretary to the prime minister
has never existed in the past.
Delivery is hard. The home secretary
cleared closing hotels forever won't
happen at once. because we need to close
all asylum hotels and we need to do so
for good. But that must be done in a
controlled and orderly manner and not
through a return to the previous
government's chaos that led to the
opening of hotels in the first place.
>> The Tories say this is a damp squib.
>> What I would actually like to see the
home secretary talk about is how she's
going to close down the asylum hotels.
What they have done with their recent
court case is actually show that they
believe that illegal migrants have more
rights than our local communities and we
completely disagree with that.
>> This morning we've got all the number 10
staff together.
>> Fresh start, new team, but will it solve
old problems? Samcoat Sky Westminster.