Boris Johnson
PM
Carrie Symonds
Johnson's partner.
Influential on his thinking
The inner circle
Grown ups
David Frost
Chief EU trade negotiator, who
impressed Johnson in the first round
of Brussels talks
Mark Sedwill
Cabinet secretary, believed to work
surprisingly well with Cummings
Eddie Lister
Johnson's longstanding adviser
from City Hall days
Radicals
Dominic Cummings
Johnson's de facto chief of staff has
big plans for a civil service shake-up
Munira Mirza
The No 10 policy chief and a
prominent critic of multiculturalism
Dougie Smith
Enforcer and ally of Cummings.
Mirza's husband
Lee Cain
Director of communications,
worked on Vote Leave
Favoured ministers
Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary and true Brexit
believer who could take charge of
DfID at the reshuffle
Michael Gove
Could get a beefed-up ‘chief
executive of government’ role or take
charge of the COP 26 climate talks
Mark Spencer
The chief whip has a very low
profile but he is an integral part
of Johnson's operation
Matt Hancock
Health secretary,
good media performer
The outer circle
Organisers
Ben Gascoigne
A very longtime aide, Gascoigne is
now Johnson’s political secretary
Shelley Williams-Walker
The PM's logistics woman,
masterminding travel and events
Cleo Watson
Head of priorities and campaigns,
but also a minder for the PM
James Slack
The prime minister's official civil service
spokesman is a former Daily Mail
political editor
Blue-sky thinkers
Andrew Gilligan
Former BBC journalist, famous for
his role in the Iraq dossier story,
advises on transport
Alison Wolf
Central to the post-Brexit push on
skills and workforce planning as the
immigration system changes
John Bew
History professor and biographer
of Clement Attlee, Bew is an expert
on foreign policy
Outside influencers
Robert Colvile
Another influential thinker who
helped on the manifesto and runs
the rightwing Centre for Policy
Studies thinktank
Rachel Wolf
Lobbyist and former thinktank
colleague of Cummings, who co-wrote
the Tory party manifesto
MPs on the up
Rishi Sunak
The Johnson team's favourite minister -
a loyalist who was sent out to bat for
the PM during the election
Robert Jenrick
The communities secretary and one
of the first junior ministers to come
out for Johnson's leadership campaign
Trudy Harrison
Johnson's parliamentary private
secretary and one of several young,
female northern MPs that his team
want to fastrack for promotion
Robert Jenrick
Communities
secretary
MPs on the up
Trudy Harrison
Johnson's parliamentary
private secretary
John Bew
Professor of
history, advises
on foreign policy
Rishi Sunak
The Johnson team's
favourite minister
Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary. Could take charge of DfID
Favoured
ministers
Blue-sky thinkers
Andrew Gilligan
Former BBC journalist,
advises on transport
Michael Gove
Could get a beefed-up ‘chief executive of government’ role or take charge of COP 26
Mark Spencer
An integral part of Johnson's operation
Alison Wolf
Central to the post-Brexit
push on skills and
workforce planning
Carrie Symonds
Johnson's partner.
Influential on his thinking
Matt Hancock
Health secretary,
good media performer
Radicals
Munira
Mirza
No 10 policy
chief
Dougie Smith
Enforcer and ally
of Cummings.
Mirza's husband
Lee Cain
Director of
communications
Dominic
Cummings
Johnson's de
facto chief
of staff
Mark
Sedwill
Cabinet secretary
Grown-ups
Outside influencers
David Frost
Chief EU trade negotiator
Robert Colvile
Influential thinker
who runs the Centre
for Policy Studies thinktank
Eddie Lister
Johnson's long-
standing adviser
from City Hall days
Organisers
Rachel Wolf
Lobbyist and
former thinktank
colleague of
Cummings
Cleo Watson
Head of priorities
and campaigns
Ben Gascoigne
Johnson’s political secretary
Shelley
Williams-
Walker
Masterminds
travel and
events
James Slack
The PM’s official civil
service spokesman
Blue-sky thinkers
Outside influencers
Robert Colvile
Helped on the manifesto and
runs the rightwing Centre for
Policy Studies thinktank
Andrew Gilligan
Former BBC journalist,
advises on transport
Alison Wolf
Central to the
post-Brexit push
on skills and
workforce planning
Radicals
Rachel Wolf
Lobbyist and former
thinktank colleague
of Cummings.
Co-wrote the
Tory party manifesto
Dougie Smith
Enforcer and ally
of Cummings.
Mirza's husband
John Bew
Professor of
history, advises
on foreign policy
James Slack
The PM’s official civil
service spokesman
Lee Cain
Director of
communications
MPs on the up
Dominic
Cummings
Johnson's de
facto chief
of staff
Organisers
Munira Mirza
No 10 policy
chief
Rishi Sunak
The Johnson team's
favourite minister
Ben Gascoigne
Johnson’s political secretary
Favoured
ministers
Grown-ups
Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary. Could take charge of DfID
Shelley
Williams-
Walker
Masterminds
travel and
events
Boris
Johnson
PM
David Frost
Chief EU trade negotiator
Michael Gove
Could get a beefed-up ‘chief executive of government’ role or take charge of COP 26
Robert Jenrick
Communities
secretary
Eddie Lister
Johnson's long-
standing adviser
from City Hall days
Mark Spencer
The chief whip and an integral part of Johnson's operation
Trudy Harrison
Johnson's parliamentary
private secretary and
one of several young,
female northern MPs that
his team want to fastrack
for promotion
Mark Sedwill
Cabinet secretary
Cleo Watson
Head of priorities
and campaigns
Carrie Symonds
Johnson's partner.
Influential on his thinking
Matt Hancock
Health secretary, good
media performer