Government denies reported plan to merge Culture, Business and Transport departments

A Government spokesperson says reports in The Sun that Treasury Chief Secretary Liz Truss and Cabinet Office minister David Lidington are in talks about a new ‘super ministry’, which could potentially be introduced alongside the Government’s Spending Review in the autumn, are not true. The Sun report said it was argued such changes – alongside a similar merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign Office — would save hundreds of millions of pounds and streamline work.