“That’s what I’m here to do, to make sure that those people work together.”
Downing Street sources said Ms Davidson was a “valuable politician” with one source telling the Express: “Boris Johnson highly values Ruth, she’s a competent politician and would pose a highly valuable asset in helping to save the Union.”
Peers Nicky Morgan and Zac Goldsmith were previously appointed Government ministers.
Express.co.uk understands Mr Johnson is looking to change the way the UK Government approaches the Union following the departure of two chiefs of the Prime Minister’s Union Unit.
Ruth Davidson could become a UK Government minister (Image: Getty)
RISHI SUNAK has slapped down SNP demands for more cash as he stressed Scotland has significantly benefited from UK coffers during coronavirus recovery.
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The SNP minister also said trade problems in the wake of the Brexit deal were far more than teething troubles as he urged the UK Government to take a more cooperative approach with the EU. He added it was “worrying to see the EU Parliament had refused to set a date for ratifying the Christmas Eve trade deal, which Mr Russell claimed “raises the spectre of no deal”.
The new legislation creates a criminal offence of stirring up hatred against protected groups, expanding on a similar offence based on race that has been on the statute books for decades, as well as consolidating a number of different pieces of hate crime legislation.
But more than 2,000 people responded to a call for views made last year after the publication of the Bill s first iteration, and concerns over freedom of expression led to a number of changes to the legislation before it was passed on Thursday.
Concerns were also raised that conversations over the dinner table that incite hatred could be prosecuted while actors and playwrights could become criminally liable for what they say during plays.