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Theresa May 'driving from front' on Brexit after Boris Johnson row Theresa May 'driving from front' on Brexit after Boris Johnson row
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Theresa May has attempted to reassert her authority after Boris Johnson set out his own vision for Brexit.Theresa May has attempted to reassert her authority after Boris Johnson set out his own vision for Brexit.
Asked about the foreign secretary's newspaper article, which sparked accusations of "backseat driving", the PM told journalists: "This government is driven from the front. Asked about the foreign secretary's newspaper article, which sparked accusations of "backseat driving", the PM told journalists: "This government is driven from the front."
"We are all going to the same destination," she added."We are all going to the same destination," she added.
Mrs May also said the government would decide how money currently paid to the EU is spent in future.Mrs May also said the government would decide how money currently paid to the EU is spent in future.
This was in response to questions about Mr Johnson's decision to revive Vote Leave's controversial pledge of an extra £350m for the NHS after Brexit.
The PM was speaking as she flew to Canada to discuss post-Brexit trade with her counterpart Justin Trudeau.The PM was speaking as she flew to Canada to discuss post-Brexit trade with her counterpart Justin Trudeau.
Mr Johnson's 4,000-word article came shortly before Mrs May is due to give a major speech on Brexit in Florence on Friday. Mr Johnson's 4,000-word Daily Telegraph article came ahead of Mrs May's major speech on Brexit in Florence on Friday.
As well as saying the UK would "take back control" of about £350m a week after Brexit - and that much of this could be spent on the NHS - he said he opposed paying the EU to secure temporary access to the single market during a transitional phase after the UK's departure.
Asked about the foreign secretary's intervention, the PM said all ministers had agreed to the principles she had set out in her Lancaster House speech on Brexit in January.
She said: "We are all agreed as a government about the importance of ensuring the right deal for Britain, the right withdrawal agreement but also the right deal on a special partnership between the EU and UK for the future.
"We are all optimistic about what we can be achieving for the UK for the future."
Analysis from the BBC's John Pienaar travelling with the PM
Just three weeks ago, the prime minister's trade trip to Japan was overwhelmed by speculation about her chances of surviving in Downing Street much beyond Brexit. She tried to end the chatter, and achieved the opposite.
Mrs May has been burning up a great deal of valuable time - and a fair amount of RAF fuel - trying to settle nagging questions about how securely she is sitting in her own study in Downing Street.
Maybe she can use her talks in Canada, her presence at the UN in New York and more importantly her speech in Italy to restore order, and convince the many leaders she'll meet this week that she is truly in the driving seat.
Maybe. But for any prime minister at any time, having to assert that he or she is genuinely the one working the pedals and gripping the wheel is scarcely a sign of strength.
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Pressed on Mr Johnson's suggestion of more cash for the NHS, she said: "By definition we are currently paying money into the EU, and there will be a point in the future when we've left the EU [when] we won't be paying that money into the EU.
"Of course we will have to decide as a government how to spend that money. And at the time we will look to see where we think it is appropriate and best to spend that money."
The row over Mr Johnson's article - which was criticised by the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority over its use of the £350m figure - came as the top official in the Brexit department was moved to the Cabinet Office.
In what BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said was a sign of Theresa May taking more control of Brexit negotiations, Oliver Robbins will now work more directly for the PM.
He will continue to lead the team of officials working on the Brexit negotiations.