London (CNN)A no-deal Brexit has become a very real prospect, a senior figure in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has said.
Writing in The Times newspaper on Sunday, UK Conservative MP Michael Gove said that the UK is now preparing for a no deal on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate former Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement.
Gove was appointed this week by Johnson as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and tasked with boosting preparations for the UK to leave the European Union without a withdrawal agreement.
