Johnson Appoints Truss to Key Brexit Role After Torrid Week
- Foreign secretary and Tory grassroots darling expands her role
- Johnson faces cabinet row over restrictions amid Covid surge
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Boris Johnson promoted Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to take over post-Brexit negotiations with the European Union after a torrid week that left the U.K. prime minister under unprecedented pressure just as the coronavirus surges.
The appointment of the most popular cabinet minister among the Conservative grassroots was announced less than 24 hours after the shock resignation of David Frost. He was a one-time confidant of Johnson who fell out with the premier not only over Brexit but over the possibility of more clampdowns to stem the rise of the latest Covid-19 variant.