Boris Johnson has banned ministers from attending the Davos summit next month - insisting they should be busy 'delivering' rather than sipping 'champagne with billionaires'.
The PM has issued the edict as he hammers home his message to working-class voters who 'lent' the Tories their support in the bombshell election.
Previously premiers and senior ministers have been keen to go to the World Economic Forum event, where the global elite gather to network.
But the opulent surroundings of the Swiss ski resort, where business leaders and politicians have lavish dinners, would have grated with the new-look Conservatives.
A Government source said ministers would be too busy getting on with implementing the manifesto.
'Our focus is on delivering for the people, not champagne with billionaires,' they added.
Mr Johnson racked up a huge 80-strong majority last Thursday by demolishing Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' of Leave-leaning strongholds in the North, MIdlands and Wales.
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[–] LakotaPride 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Best news we have heard for a long time. Patriot, great dig and post, appears house cleaning is now in effect. take a closer look at Switzerlands history. you will see they are not as neutral as they claim to be, had they not accepted Nazi Gold and sent to Portugal, Hitlers war machine would have collapsed years faster, as this is how the Nazis were able to bring in much needed war material, shop the gold to Switzerland and then Portugal would be paid by the Switzerland and the product shipped to Germany. Lets go to Bahnhof Strasse in Geneva, where they have the under ground bank vaults and lets do inventory, and lets see how much of the stolen art can be found and the gold.