UK PM Johnson’s Director of Communications Resigns

Lee Cain, Downing Street Director of Communications, is seen at Downing Street in London, Britain, on Jan. 6, 2020. Toby Melville/Reuters

LONDON—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s director of communications resigned on Wednesday after media reported there were bitter arguments at heart of government over a plan to make him chief of staff in Downing Street.

Lee Cain had previously worked for Johnson when he was foreign minister and on the Vote Leave campaign to quit the European Union.