"Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak appears to have overstepped his authority, or at least misjudged the depth of his relationship with the Prime Minister.

He seems to have written to Boris Johnson to call for a significant easing of travel restrictions in order to speed the recovery of the economy from Coronavirus. Johnson appears to have taken the letter as both a demand that he should act and a threat that he is undoing Sunak’s work in saving the economy.

According to several weekend newspapers, Johnson was apoplectic with rage even suggesting that it might be time for Sunak to be moved from the powerful Treasury to a lesser role in health, which after recent events has become something of a poison chalice.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak appears to have overstepped his authority, or at least misjudged the depth of his relationship with the Prime Minister.

While this may be an insight into the personal relationships that exist (or possibly don’t) between Cabinet Ministers, it is unlikely that it will mean anything in the long run and is synonymous with the summer silly season, when reporters have little else to do other than make mischief.

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