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Lee Cain is a British former journalist who has served as Downing Street Director of Communications under Boris Johnson since July 2019. In November 2020, Cain announced that he would resign from the position at the end of the year.
Lee Cain (born 1981) is a British former journalist who has served as Downing Street Director of Communications under Boris Johnson since July 2019.
In November 2020, Cain announced that he would resign from the position at the end of the year.
Cain attended Ormskirk Grammar School and graduated from Staffordshire University.
Cain began his career as a journalist at the Gloucester Citizen and The Sun before moving to the Daily Mirror.
While working for the Mirror, Cain was deployed to taunt former Prime Minister David Cameron and other Conservative MPs dressed as a chicken.
After leaving his position as Senior Media Advisor for Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Cain moved into politics to become Head of Broadcast for the Vote Leave campaign.
In addition to serving at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove, he briefly worked for Theresa May before leaving to work with Johnson while he was serving as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Cain served as the Downing Street Director of Communications from 2019 to 2020.
In November 2020, Cain resigned from his position, and has stated that he would leave office at the end of the year.
Cain had previously been mentioned as a possible selection for Downing Street Chief of Staff.
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