UK PM Johnson Promotes Brexit Negotiator Frost to Cabinet Minister

UK PM Johnson Promotes Brexit Negotiator Frost to Cabinet Minister
UK chief negotiator David Frost looks on as Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a picture after signing the Brexit trade deal with the EU at number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, on Dec. 30, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters
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LONDON—Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given David Frost, the man who led Britain’s Brexit negotiations, a job in his top team of ministers to advise on relations with the European Union, the prime minister’s office said on Wednesday.

The surprise move puts one of Johnson’s most trusted allies, a eurosceptic former diplomat and champion of British sovereignty, in charge of managing a post-Brexit relationship with Brussels that has got off to a rocky start.