Inside the No. 10 power struggle to become Boris Johnson’s chief of staff

Former Vote Leave campaigner Lee Cain is PM’s favourite for top job

Dominic Cummings walks up Downing Street on his way to No. 10.
Former Vote Leave campaigner Lee Cain is PM’s favourite for top job
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Tensions in Boris Johnson’s cabinet are nearing breaking point following reports that the prime minister has picked a pro-Brexit disciple of Dominic Cummings to become Downing Street’s chief of staff.

The surprise appointment of “combative, Vote Leave diehard” Lee Cain to the new post is “going down very badly in some party circles”, The Guardian reports.

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