Brexit Department head Oliver Robbins leaves, throwing government plans into chaos
‘The top civil servant at the Department for Exiting the European Union is to move to a new role in Downing Street after a spate of reported rows with Brexit Secretary David Davis.
Oliver Robbins is to take up a new “coordinating” job at No 10, having held a dual role, both as the top civil servant at the Brexit Department and Theresa May’s leading Brexit adviser; a position that had caused conflict at the top of the department since his appointment.
Government insiders claimed that it left Mr Davis frozen out of decision making, and that there was no personal warmth between the two men.’
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