Top UK government lawyer quits

Planned changes to Brexit agreement "led to disagreements with attorney general"

Sir Jonathan Jones has resigned as head of the UK government’s legal department. He is the sixth senior Whitehall official to quit this year.

No reason has been given for his departure. But the Financial Times seems to have the best inside account.

The FT reports that Jones has left his post because of a dispute with Downing Street over its plans to chall…