Boris Johnson has appointed an unelected Cabinet minister for Brexit - just a year after he scrapped the job of Brexit Secretary. Working from the Cabinet Office as a Minister of State, Lord Frost "will and "help drive through changes to maximise the opportunities of Brexit", Downing Street said. The Prime Minister brought the Brexit tsar to government as a £125,000-a-year Special Advisor before giving him a seat in the Lords last summer. That peerage now allows Lord Frost to become a Cabinet minister. It comes despite Boris Johnson claiming in the 2019 election that his Withdrawal Agreement - which took force on January 31, 2020 - would "get Brexit done".

Source: Daily Mirror February 17, 2021 17:39 UTC