(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top adviser Dominic Cummings is not leaving for now, despite the departure of a close colleague, BBC reported on Thursday.
“Dominic Cummings is NOT following Lee Cain out Number 10 door – PM’s most senior advisor is staying on for now, despite departure of his close colleague, Mr Cain – understood to want to stay to work to combat coronavirus pandemic and in partic accelerate the mass testing programme”, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said in a tweet https://bit.ly/3ngdlmL.
Johnson’s director of communications Lee Cain had resigned on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)