<span style="color: #222222;">A senior minister who quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet has said that the government is making little or no effort to secure a Brexit agreement with the European Union, despite Johnson's insistence that he wants a deal.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Amber Rudd told BBC today that there is no evidence of a deal. There are no formal negotiations taking place. Treasury chief Sajid Javid insisted that the government was straining every sinew to get a deal and had sent British negotiator David Frost to Brussels for talks. The EU, however, says Britain has not produced any concrete new ideas. Rudd's resignation as work and pensions secretary yesterday is the latest blow to the embattled British prime minister.</span><br />''  <br />