Brexiteers to be recruited and departments moved to regions in huge Whitehall shake-up

Boris Johnson will reform Whitehall by recruiting more Brexiteers and relocating Government departments to the regions, Michael Gove has said. The moves will come as part of a wholesale reform of the civil service that will include ousting its head, Sir Mark Sedwill. Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said the "looking glass" world of Westminster had caused Whitehall to be "estranged from the majority" when the EU referendum was held in 2016. Mr Johnson, together with his chief ad