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Two senior allies of Michael Gove have been appointed to senior positions in No 10

I'm told Baroness Finn, a non-exec board member at the Cabinet Office, has become deputy chief of staff

Henry Newman, a special advisor to Gove, is going as a senior adviser in No 10

Dan Rosenfeld, chief of staff, has just announced changes to No 10 staffers

It means there are no fewer than 5 Gove allies in senior positions in No 10:

Baroness Finn
Henry Newman
Henry Cook
Meg-Powell Chandler
Declan Lyons

One insider called it the 'Michael Gove takeover'

Henry Newman is a long-standing friend of Carrie Symonds

When Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain were ousted he was rumoured to be in line for the chief of staff role