Cummings to leave No 10 with immediate effect

[dutchman]

Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings has left Number 10 with immediate effect, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says



Mr Cummings spoke to the PM earlier on Friday and it was decided it was best for him to go immediately after days of turmoil, our political editor said.

The former Vote Leave supremo had been at the centre of a power struggle in Downing Street in recent days.

The PM's director of communications Lee Cain has also left.

Mr Cummings was seen leaving No 10 a short while ago carrying a box.

On Thursday, Downing Street said Mr Cummings would be leaving by Christmas after a row over how No 10 is run and the appointment of a new chief of staff to Mr Johnson.

But Laura Kuenssberg said his departure had been brought forward given the "upset in the team" in Downing Street, for which she said it had been a "difficult week".

She said there had been long-running tensions between different factions in No 10 but this "slow burning fuse exploded fast when it finally happened".

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[dutchman]

Is this the prelude to a great Brexit betrayal by Johnson? The EU seem to think it is.

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I thought exactly the same Dutchman.