Who is Boris Johnson hiring as his closest advisers?

Politics Explained: New PM is massing old faces from the Leave campaign and London City Hall to advise him

Stepping out: the former London mayor wants to deliver Brexit by 31 October (EPA)

One of the first tasks in Boris Johnson’s overflowing in-tray is to assemble the top team he needs to shore up his premiership. While he’s made light work of axing ministers and installing his Brexiteer cabinet, Johnson has also been busy behind the scenes, filling key posts with veterans of the Leave campaign or his time in London City Hall. Who are his influential senior aides?

Dominic Cummings

Vote Leave campaign director was a divisive figure during the referendum (AFP/Getty)