Andrea Leadsom

Andrea Leadsom, Julian Smith, Geoffrey Cox and Theresa Villiers have all been sacked from the cabinet in what is likely to be a relatively modest reshuffle by Boris Johnson, The Guardian reported.

The housing minister and the universities minister were also dismissed.

British Prime Minister Theresa May delivered her long-awaited speech on the future ties of the UK with Brussels. May said it was time to accept "harsh facts" about the economic consequences of leaving the community, reports the Express.co.uk

And she will insist that she will only sign a deal that benefits the whole of Britain and can "bring our country back together".

 Theresa May will carry out a reshuffle of her cabinet and junior ministers this week, Downing Street has confirmed. The jobs of the education secretary, Justine Greening, and the party chairman, Sir Patrick McLoughlin, are particularly vulnerable, it is believed, The Guardian writes. 

Theresa May faced a backlash from republican parties at a series of meetings in Downing Street on Thursday over her plan to strike a deal with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist party to prop up her minority Conservative government, reported The Guardian.