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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

David Frost handed £26,000 after quitting as UK’s Brexit negotiator

David Frost (left) looking on as Boris Johnson signed the Brexit trade deal with the EU on 30 December 2020.
David Frost (left) looking on as Boris Johnson signed the Brexit trade deal with the EU on 30 December 2020. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Boris Johnson’s chief Brexit negotiator got a more than £26,000 taxpayer-funded payout for stepping down from the government having served as a minister for just nine months, the Guardian can reveal.

David Frost, who quit last December citing concerns about the “direction of travel” of future relations with the EU and making the most of post-Brexit “opportunities”, was given the compensation for “loss of office”.

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