The government is set to recruit an external adviser to identify new opportunities created by Britain’s split from the European Union, David Frost has announced.
Nearly five years on from the divisive Brexit referendum, Boris Johnson’s government is still struggling to demonstrate the benefits Britain has gained from being outside the EU.
A task force set up to assess how Britain can re-shape its economy led by former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has yet to publicly make any suggestions.
Addressing a committee of MPs on Monday, Lord Frost said “we have high hopes of outside input into this process,” adding that “we’re all fully behind making things happen.”
Frost said the government is looking at areas such as financial services regulation, reform to agricultural subsidies and speeding up clinical trials of drugs, but the news has provoked widespread disbelief on social media.
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