Sticking to Brexit plan, UK's Johnson will not seek a delay

Anti-Brexit demonstrators hold placards as they protest outside of Downing Street in London on August 28, 2019. -AFP

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is sticking to his Brexit plan and will not seek a delay to Britain's departure from the EU at a summit next month, two of his ministers said on Sunday following a resignation from his government.

After work and pensions minister Amber Rudd's shock resignation late on Saturday over Johnson's Brexit policy, two ministers said the prime minister was determined to "keep to the plan" to leave the European Union by Oct. 31 with or without an agreement.