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In a “tetchy” phone call to Brussels, Liz Truss has warned she may have “no choice” but to rip up a chunk of the Brexit deal. The Foreign Secretary wants a re-write, says The Sun, to remove any checks on goods between Britain and Northern Ireland. More than 90,000 jobs will be axed in a civil service “bloodbath”, says the Daily Mail, after Boris Johnson revealed plans to slash its headcount by a fifth. The PM says the public sector has become “swollen” during the pandemic and reckons the cuts will save £3.5bn a year. Arguing with Coleen Rooney is like “arguing with a pigeon”, says Rebekah Vardy at the Wagatha Christie trial. “You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong, but it’s still going to s*** in your hair.”