In an extraordinary intervention by top minister Johnny Mercer, No10 officials were warned to stop placating Mr Sunak and giving airtime to average colleagues.
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Defence minister Johnny Mercer argued in a memo that the Prime Minister should let figures such as Kemi Badenoch and Penny Mordaunt enjoy more of the limelight.