David Frost, left, previously served as Boris Johnson s Brexit negotiator BORIS Johnson has announced the appointment of an unelected peer to a key position in his Cabinet. Former Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost, who has never been elected to high office, is the new minister for Brexit and will lead the UK s institutional and strategic relationship with the EU . It comes just 10 months after the Tory leader scrapped the role of Brexit Secretary having deemed the position surplus to requirements. Frost was initially appointed as a special adviser by Downing Street on a £125,000 salary. He was awarded a peerage last summer.
Boris Johnson today parachuted his top Brexit adviser into the Cabinet.
Lord Frost, who oversaw negotiations with the EU that led to December s historic agreement, is to become a minister in the Cabinet Office.
Downing Street said he would be a full member of Cabinet in his new role, which comes just weeks after the Prime Minister axed plans to make him the National Security Adviser.
It is a meteoric rise for the former ambassador to Demmark, who was a special adviser to Mr Johnson when he was foreign secretary.
Lord Frost today praised his new boss at the Cabinet Office, tweeting: I am hugely honoured to have been appointed Minister to take forward our relationship with the EU after Brexit.
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