The unauthorised disclosure comes after Mr Johnson was enraged by the leak of his lockdown plans on Halloween
(Picture: PA)Another leak from 10 Downing Street today lifted the lid on a battle for power among Boris Johnson’s inner circle.
Senior Tory aides were embroiled in a briefing war after it was revealed that the Prime Minister plans to promote communications chief Lee Cain to the powerful role of chief-of-staff.
The unauthorised disclosure comes after Mr Johnson was enraged by the leak of his lockdown plans on Halloween.
Mr Cain has been with Mr Johnson for four years and is a close ally of controversial adviser Dominic Cummings. His appointment would be seen as a boost to the influence of Mr Cummings’s circle at No 10. One aide claimed Mr Cain — a former tabloid journalist who once dressed in a chicken suit to taunt David Cameron — would be “tantamount to giving the job to Cummings”. Mr Cain did not comment.
Some Tory sources thought the move was prompted by concerns that Allegra Stratton, the new No 10 spokeswoman, would be too influential.
