Look away now if you are not Westminster obsessive...
1. Times and Mail both report tonight No 10 Dir of Comms, Lee Cain, in talks about becoming PM's chief of staff
2. Conversations tonight say definitely the case that conversations have been had

3. Frustration in different quarters in No 10 after series of u turns, bumpy few weeks, and tensions with coming arrival of new press spox, Allegra Stratton
4. PM eager to keep Cain, been at his side since Foreign Sec + one of tiny inner circle

5. But hear tonight no final decision been made
6. If it happens, it's a big change and confirms continuing influence of Vote Leave band
7. Cain has already had far reaching brief - but with comms often so tricky, others in govt may well question such a decision

8. Fair to say some ministers wouldn't exactly be sending a Congrats card
9. Matters beyond the beltway as about who wields power...let's see what happens
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