![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/rishi-sunaks-communication-chief-amber-de-botton-leaves-no-10/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/130961698_d36e510cf025512f74f9a052f8a8feee3d752b3a.jpg&description=Image source, Reuters The PM's director of communications, Amber de Botton, has resigned 10 months after taking the job, saying it was "the right time to move on". Announcing her decision on social media , she said it had been "an honour and privilege" to do the job, and thanked Rishi Sunak for his "support and leadership". Ms de Botton left her job as an ITV News journalist to join No 10. The PM's current press secretary, Nerissa Chesterfield, will replace her. Ms Chesterfield worked at the free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, before being hired by Mr Sunak to join his communications team in the Treasury early in his tenure as chancellor in 2020. Ms de Botton began her role in Downing Street, a few days after Mr Sunak became prime minister. Praising her former boss, she said: "The team he has built around him is dedicated and focused because those are the qualities he inspires. "I also want to thank my colleagues - No10 is a demanding and high pressure place to work - yet the professionalism and talent they display every day is exceptional." Before joining Downing Street, Ms de Botton worked as head of politics at ITV and deputy head of politics at Sky News. The prime minister has thanked her "for all her hard work" and "calm professionalism". "She brought with her top-level journalistic and management experience that has been invaluable," he said. Amber de Botton leaving is a classic of a very particular kind of Westminster news story - Person leaves a job you didn't know they had. But Westminster is full of important and powerful people - or more accurately important and powerful jobs - occupied by folk who are not public figures in and of themselves. The No10 director of communications is a vital role at the heart of government - talking to senior journalists daily, and often more frequently than that - attempting to explain what the government in general and the prime minister in particular is doing, and why. Talking up what they see as tr){kind=link}
The PM’s director of communications, Amber de Botton, has resigned 10 months after taking the job, saying it was “the right time to move on”.
Announcing her decision on social media, she said it had been “an honour and privilege” to do the job, and thanked Rishi Sunak for his “support and leadership”.
Ms de Botton left her job as an ITV News journalist to join No 10.
The PM’s current press secretary, Nerissa Chesterfield, will replace her.
Ms Chesterfield worked at the free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, before being hired by Mr Sunak to join his communications team in the Treasury early in his tenure as chancellor in 2020.