BORIS JOHNSON was accused today of “misleading the public” for reportedly planning to scrap parts of the EU withdrawal agreement after claiming in the last general election campaign that he had an “oven-ready Brexit deal.”

The Brexit process has been thrown into new turmoil, after a hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic, by reports of government moves to bring in new laws which would override parts of the agreement.

The eight rounds of talks between Britain and the EU begin tomorrow, with the government expected to outline its proposed new Internal Market Bill tomorrow.