Chief Adviser, Chief Of Staff Resigns From Boris Johnson’s Govt

British Prime Minister, Chief Adviser, Mr Dominic Cummings was seen stepping out of Number 10 carrying storage boxes into the night.

According to The Daily Telegraph, former chancellor Sajid Javid is now front-runner for the new chief-of-staff role in Mr Johnson’s top team – signalling a major shake-up to Downing Street’s operations.

Mr Javid quit in extraordinary circumstances during the cabinet reshuffle in February, reportedly when Mr Cummings said he should only stay in Number 11 if he relinquished his choice of special advisers.

That and police finding he may have committed a “minor breach” of the rules during the first national lockdown marked Mr Cummings’ card among some Conservative MPs.

Backbencher Sir Roger Gale told Sky News on Friday the former Vote Leave boss had “become a distraction” and a “malign influence at the centre of Downing Street for too long”.

“It’s right that he should go,” he said, adding: “The sooner he leaves the better.”

While Theresa Villiers, a former cabinet minister, welcomed the “good opportunity for a fresh start” that will also be marked by Lee Cain quitting as Downing Street’s head of communications.

“Clearly there are concerns about the dismissive attitude sometimes shown by Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings towards people in Government and MPs on the backbenches,” she said.

Head of comms in No10 Lee Cain is also resigning

“This is an opportunity to move on from that and to have a more collaborative approach.”

While another Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood told Sky News: “Let’s move a little bit away from EastEnders and more to the West Wing.”

Guto Harri, an ex-aide to Mr Johnson, also said it was “goodbye and good riddance” to Mr Cummings, whom he claimed had done “enormous damage”.

“He was player on the field who wasn’t scoring any goals but wouldn’t pass the ball to anyone else,” he said. “These guys light the fuse and leave the scene before the bomb goes off.”