UK's chief Brexit negotiator has 'brass neck', says former May aide

Gavin Barwell angered by David Frost's suggestion that May government blinked' in negotiations

Theresa May's former chief of staff has accused the UK's chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, of having a brass neck" after he said the UK government had blinked first" in negotiations.

Gavin Barwell, a key member of the former prime minister's negotiating team, said Boris Johnson's withdrawal agreement was 95% the work of his predecessors" and a deal had only been secured by conceding to the EU's demand for some customs checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of Great Britain, which May's team had not agreed to.