Juncker names British EU veteran to steer UK negotiations

EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker appointed one of the most senior Britons in Brussels to head a task force dealing with reforms demanded by Prime Minister David Cameron to keep Britain in the European Union. In a sign of the European Commission gearing up to negotiate with London ahead of a British referendum on whether to leave the bloc, Juncker named veteran EU administrator Jonathan Faull to the role on Wednesday as part of a shake-up of top posts that saw the Irish head of the civil se