A judge ruled earlier this month that the two cases were related and they could soon be consolidated.

It consolidated its control of Idlib province in north-west Syria in 2017, running a civilian "government" in the area purportedly with no lasting jihadist connections or ambitions.

Our experience is encoded into a short-term memory, which is then consolidated into a long-term memory.

Each franchise examines the corrosive nature of power when it’s consolidated into an insulated ruling class or, worse, one ill-suited custodian.

Under Reeves’ plans, the funds would be consolidated in some way, although at present it is unclear exactly how.