Nikki Da Costa is a British political advisor and activist. She was a special adviser serving as the director of legislative affairs in 10 Downing Street for two Prime Ministers: Theresa May from September 2017 until November 2018, [1] and again for Boris Johnson from July 2019 to August 2021. [2] She was named one of the 100 most influential women in the UK by The House in 2020. [3]
Between her stints in Number 10, da Costa worked in public affairs, through the Cicero Group, and her own consultancy company. [4] More recently, she has worked as a specialist partner with Flint Global lobbying firm. [5] She alongside Mercy Muroki was an unpaid "Policy Fellow" to the Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch for 2023–24. [6]
da Costa has occasionally written op-eds and other articles reflecting on her time in government and giving advice. She wrote in The Times in January 2022 regarding Partygate that Number 10 had "failed as a collective" to follow the COVID-19 lockdown standards it had set. [7] [8] [9]