{"id":22434,"date":"2020-11-12T10:09:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T10:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=22434"},"modified":"2020-11-12T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T10:09:58","slug":"lee-cain-top-boris-johnson-aide-quits-amid-infighting-at-no-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2020\/11\/12\/lee-cain-top-boris-johnson-aide-quits-amid-infighting-at-no-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Cain: Top Boris Johnson aide quits amid infighting at No 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i81\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">One of Boris Johnson&#8217;s closest aides, director of communications Lee Cain, has resigned amid reports of internal tensions in Downing Street.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i81\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>He will leave next month, despite being offered a promotion to chief of staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i81\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>His departure prompted speculation about the future of the PM&#8217;s chief adviser Dominic Cummings, but the BBC was told he would stay for now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i81\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Cain has been at the PM&#8217;s side since he was a press officer for the Vote Leave campaign under Mr Cummings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i81\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Many will not have heard of him before the story broke, but his resignation comes at a time when the government is facing big decisions over its tackling of coronavirus and the future of post-Brexit trade with the EU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i81\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>After a number of rows and U-turns within government in recent months, No 10 will see communications as key in connecting with the country and trying to gain support for its decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Boris Johnson&rsquo;s closest aides, director of communications Lee Cain, has resigned amid reports of internal tensions in Downing Street. He will leave next month, despite being offered a promotion to chief of staff. His departure prompted speculation about the future of the PM&rsquo;s chief adviser Dominic Cummings, but the BBC was told he would stay for now. Mr Cain has been at the PM&rsquo;s side since he was a press officer for the Vote Leave campaign under Mr Cummings. Many will not have heard of him before the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22436,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22434\/revisions\/22436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}