Boris Johnson is to take personal charge of the negotiations over the UK’s future relationship with the EU,as he prepares to rebrand his Brexit unit “Taskforce Europe”.
After the planned closure of the Department for Exiting the European Union at the end of January, David Frost, Mr Johnson’s Europe adviser, will lead the team responsible for implementing the Withdrawal Agreement and conducting negotiations for a free-trade agreement.
The name given to the unit, which Mr Johnson will oversee, mirrors the EU’s rebranding of its Brexit negotiations team.
Michel Barnier’s Taskforce 728 has become “The Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom”, as the two sides prepare to thrash out a trade …
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