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13 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Dominic Cummings has now decided to leave Number 10 today for good - (subtle hint walking out with a box - Lee Cain also now out from today
There was a conversation btw the 2 of them and the PM at lunchtime today where it was decided after upset in the team and difficult week, best to go immediately
This was all a slow burning fuse but exploded fast when it finally happened! End of a very torrid era
Sajid Javid's name has been floating around as possible chief of staff - source close to him says 'getting an experienced chief of staff is a good idea but it's not a role he has ever been offered or considered for himself'
Eddie Lister, Johnson's chief of staff from City Hall, will fill in as interim while new Chief of Staff is found, Cummings will be 'WFH' on things like mass testing til mid Dec

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Laura Kuenssberg Profile picture
12 Nov
1. Senior No 10 source says Dominic Cummings is out by Christmas - after hours of speculation HE tells me 'rumours of me threatening to resign are invented, rumours of me asking others to resign are invented'... ..
2. He said 'tonight's rumours that somehow the Brexit negotiations are involved are invented and comical to anybody who knows whats happening in no10' but when asked about rumours he would quit at Christmas Cummings said ...
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11 Nov
If you are following Chiefgate...
1. 2 tory sources confirm Cain was offered job by PM at weekend after talking about it for few weeks
2. PM's fiance, Carrie Symonds, however, said to be deeply unhappy about the plan
3. Not now clear what outcome will be
4. Downing Street, nor Cain, nor Symonds making any comment but it's all getting very messy
5. Usual irony alert - Downing Street finds itself in disorderly process over trying to create order
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10 Nov
Look away now if you are not Westminster obsessive...
1. Times and Mail both report tonight No 10 Dir of Comms, Lee Cain, in talks about becoming PM's chief of staff
2. Conversations tonight say definitely the case that conversations have been had
3. Frustration in different quarters in No 10 after series of u turns, bumpy few weeks, and tensions with coming arrival of new press spox, Allegra Stratton
4. PM eager to keep Cain, been at his side since Foreign Sec + one of tiny inner circle
5. But hear tonight no final decision been made
6. If it happens, it's a big change and confirms continuing influence of Vote Leave band
7. Cain has already had far reaching brief - but with comms often so tricky, others in govt may well question such a decision
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4 Nov
UK negotiator on Brexit talks - both sides agree there's some progress towards a deal, but still work to do. Barnier's team likely to be back in London next week to keep going
One senior figure involved suggests crunch moment possible in about 10 days with another likely shove from a PM - Von Der Leyen contact - but all a bit fluid - a few days pause now after days of talks
Despite some speculation about impact of turmoil in US, people actually involved in talks suggest there isn't likely to be an impact
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2 Nov
1. Been talking to MPs ahead of PM's lockdown statement - no question a lot of Tories are v angry, not just about the decision, but about how its been handled, and No 10's attitude to those arguing for a different course
2. Senior MP says 'I've just had enough of being lectured or accused of being mad, bad, or dangerous to know'
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30 Sep
Hoyle not holding back - slams the way Govt has brought some Covid rules to house
I know I am a nerd but this is a big deal ...
But says he is ‘disappointed’ cos he can’t give time to Brady amendment based on advice he has had - so no vote ... that spares ministers blushes from a possible defeat but doesn’t mean they get off
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