Head of UK govt's legal department quits over Brexit deal threat

The head of the British government's legal department has quit over suggestions that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to override the Brexit divorce deal with the European Union, the Financial Times said on Tuesday.
 

The newspaper said Jonathan Jones was leaving his job due to a dispute with Johnson's office over its reported plans to undercut the Withdrawal Agreement treaty signed in January in relation to the Northern Ireland protocol.
 

The FT said on Monday that Britain was considering tinkering with the deal's special arrangements for Northern Ireland which aim to avoid creating a hard border with the Irish