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Theresa May to tell ministers: stop leaking details of cabinet rifts

REUTERS
Published : Jul 18, 2017, 12:31 pm IST
Updated : Jul 18, 2017, 12:31 pm IST

May will warn ministers on Tuesday that cabinet discussions should not be leaked and that public squabbling must end, Sky news said.

Theresa May is to order her ministers to stop leaking details of cabinet discussions following days of infighting over Brexit policy. (Photo: File)
 Theresa May is to order her ministers to stop leaking details of cabinet discussions following days of infighting over Brexit policy. (Photo: File)

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May told Conservative Party lawmakers that they should stop backbiting or risk letting Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn into power, Sky News reported.

After she lost her majority in a botched election gamble, some senior ministers have resorted to public bickering over Brexit and state spending as they manoeuvre in expectation she will soon be toppled.

At a summer party for Conservative lawmakers, May told lawmakers that there should be "no backbiting, no carping", Sky said.

"The choice is me or Jeremy Corbyn and nobody wants him," May told her lawmakers, according to the Daily Mail newspaper. "Go away, have a proper summer break and come back ready for serious business."

May will warn ministers on Tuesday that cabinet discussions should not be leaked and that public squabbling must end, Sky said.

Tags: theresa may, jeremy corbyn, conservative party, brexit, lawmakers
Location: United Kingdom, England, London