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Beyond Brexit: six priorities for Boris Johnson as the new prime minister

Analysis: Leaving the EU may be top of the agenda, but there’s more than Brussels for the new man in No 10 to tackle

Andrew Grice
Tuesday 23 July 2019 17:02 BST
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Boris Johnson talking about a point-based immigration system

Theresa May tried hard to have a meaty domestic agenda beyond Brexit but ultimately failed. Brexit consumed the government machine and left little bandwidth for much else.

Boris Johnson will try to learn from her mistakes – and his own very obvious lack of a plan on the morning after the 2016 referendum after leading the Vote Leave campaign to an expected victory.

Here are six urgent priorities beyond Brexit on which Prime Minister Johnson needs to make his mark:

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