Britain’s Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey, a Brexit hardliner, resigned on Thursday over a draft withdrawal agreement with Brussels in a further blow for Prime Minister Theresa May. “The deal you put before the cabinet yesterday does not honour the result of the referendum,” McVey told May in her resignation letter, saying the text made too many concessions to the European Union and “threatens the integrity of the United Kingdom”.
Junior Brexit minister Suella Braverman became the fourth British government minister to resign on Thursday in protest at a draft withdrawal agreement with Brussels. Braverman said in a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May that “concessions” made to Brussels in the framework deal “do not respect the will of the people”.
