Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings expected to become senior adviser to the new PM

File photo of Boris Johnson making his Vote Leave speech in Preston, Lancs., along with Michael Gove and Priti Patel as they bring their Brexit roadshow to the Lancashire city. 1 June 2016. The bus used in the Vote Leave campaign has now been bought by Greenpeace.

Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings is expected to be appointed a senior adviser to the Prime Minister today, according to reports.

BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg tweeted this morning that political strategist will be one of the first people installed within Boris Johnson’s new team.

He became Campaign Director of Vote Leave upon the creation of the organisation in October 2015 and is credited with having created the slogan, “Take back control”.

He also admitted to lying to the public about the NHS pledge in a drawn-out Spectator essay, a pledge which ultimately delivered Brexit and got Johnson – pictured next to the infamous bus – into number 10.

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