Boris Johnson vows no‑deal Brexit ‘by any means necessary’

Boris Johnson has set up a “war cabinet” to deliver Brexit “by any means necessary” by October 31 as a senior cabinet minister warned that there was “now a very real prospect” of no deal.

In a dramatic shift Michael Gove, the minister responsible for no-dealpreparations, said the government was “working on the assumption” that Brussels would not strike a fresh agreement. This morning Rishi Sunak, the new chief secretary to the Treasury, said ministers were “turbo-charging” no-deal preparations.

In a Whitehall revolution, Johnson will make every decision on Brexit policy with a team of just six senior ministers — all of them Brexiteers who support no deal.