Dominic Cummings: Top adviser set to leave Downing Street position by Christmas

The Prime Minister’s most senior aide Dominic Cummings is set to leave Downing Street by Christmas, the BBC has reported.

Mr Cummings had already pledged to make himself “largely redundant” by the end of 2020 - however the broadcaster said he would leave his position ahead of 25 December, citing a senior government official.

The senior aide, who was instrumental in the victory of the leave campaign during the EU referendum, had faced calls to resign earlier in the year after allegedly breaking coronavirus rules during the nation’s first lockdown.