✕ Close Brexit minister Lord Frost 'resigns from Cabinet'_Original Video_m205537.mp4Foreign secretary Liz Truss is to take over Lord Frost’s responsibility for the UK’s future relations with the EU, Downing Street said. Brexit minister David Frost resigned from Boris Johnson’s cabinet in protest at “the direction of travel,” triggering a fresh crisis inside Downing Street after an already turbulent week for the prime minister. In his resignation letter, Lord Frost told the prime minister he was also disappointed about Covid restrictions, warning him not to be “tempted by the kind of coercive measures we have seen elsewhere.”His resignation represents a major political blow for the prime minister who is already facing a series of crises over “gatherings” in No 10 during Covid restrictions, growing discontent on the Tory backbenches over his leadership and this week’s historic loss in the North Shropshire by-election. Downing Street said Ms Truss would replace Lord Frost as the lead negotiator with the European Union over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Chris Heaton-Harris will move from the Department for Transport to become Europe minister and will deputise for Ms Truss when needed.

Source: The Times December 19, 2021 22:09 UTC