đŸ’„ NEW with @GeorgeWParker @pmdfoster: Inside the Downing Street power struggle that saw David Frost take his fourth government job of 2021, join the cabinet, become a Cabinet Office Minister and take control of UK-EU relations https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Brexit negotiator Frost to take charge of UK-EU relations

Architect of Johnson’s ‘hard Brexit’ strategy gets seat in cabinet after internal fight

https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Several Whitehall officials told the FT that Lord Frost - currently PM’s international affairs advisor - demanded a ministerial role to shape future of UK-EU relations and threatened to resign unless he got his way. https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Brexit negotiator Frost to take charge of UK-EU relations

Architect of Johnson’s ‘hard Brexit’ strategy gets seat in cabinet after internal fight

https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Frost will chair the new UK-EU Partnership Council, which was given to Michael Gove on an "interim basis” yesterday 👀

Frost is very close to the PM: "Boris trusts David more than anyone else in government. They have a close bond” https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Brexit negotiator Frost to take charge of UK-EU relations

Architect of Johnson’s ‘hard Brexit’ strategy gets seat in cabinet after internal fight

https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
There seems to have been a real Whitehall bunfight over the last 24 hours.

Some govt officials said Lord Frost was unhappy with Gove's interim role overseeing the implementation of the trade deal. “He feels the deal is his baby and wants to oversee it.” https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Brexit negotiator Frost to take charge of UK-EU relations

Architect of Johnson’s ‘hard Brexit’ strategy gets seat in cabinet after internal fight

https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Frost starts his new role on March 1: "David demanded a ministerial role so that he could knock heads together and get the information he needs to do the job”

Gove’s allies say he was happy to cede the responsibility for post-Brexit EU relations to Frost https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
Brexit negotiator Frost to take charge of UK-EU relations

Architect of Johnson’s ‘hard Brexit’ strategy gets seat in cabinet after internal fight

https://www.ft.com/content/2f581636-99a5-4252-a6a4-e2e57a5fc601
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