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European MEPs have welcomed Rishi Sunak’s approach compared to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, saying a deal on Northern Ireland could help ‘reset relations’ post-Brexit.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet EU chief Ursula Von Der Leyen and other European leaders at the Munich Security Conference following months of rows about the trading arrangements for Northern Ireland.
Politicians have hinted that there just might be a breakthrough with the Northern Ireland Protocol in the coming days.
Still no deal as new Science and Tech dept head claims Britain has 'global-facing alternative' in the wings.
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Today, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris announced legislation that would push back the legal deadline for Northern Ireland Assembly elections to be called to 18th January 2024, after 12 months of political deadlock over the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP).
There should be no expectation that the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations will lead to a "perfect" solution, a former prime minister has warned.
The DUP collapsed the devolved executive last February in protest at Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.
Judges reject legal challenge to UK-EU trade arrangements by group of unionist leaders.
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to the lawfulness of the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol, which governs post-Brexit trade between the British province and mainland Britain.
Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPs.
The appellants argue that the legislation passed at Westminster to give effect to the Withdrawal Agreement conflicts with the 1800 Acts of Union.
Three years on, we are covered in the scars of what it has done to this country.
Probably not the anniversary present the government was hoping to offer the public.
Former EU court lawyers warn that the ongoing row damages UK’s reputation as a negotiating partner.
The chair of the British Chambers of Commerce, Shevaun Haviland, says British exporters have faced "huge issues" trying to sell their goods abroad since Brexit.
Sir Reg Empey says he expects a hearing into how the NI Protocol is affecting medicine supplies on Wednesday to bring “more bad news”.
Boris Johnson agreed in the final hours of the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations that there would be customs declarations on goods exiting Northern Ireland to Britain, despite the fact that just three weeks later he told businesses in the North there would be "no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind…," according to a detailed new account of the protocol negotiations.
The spending has been described as "political posturing" and "clearly a waste of public money".
An organisation which represents medicines wholesalers says supplying Northern Ireland remains "challenging, problematic and inefficient".
However, this article seeks to describe, as far as possible, how Brexit has affected the business and regulatory environment across the full range of areas covered by Steptoe and Johnson practices so far, and to identify issues of potential future concern for companies.
The OBR forecast that Brexit would cost the UK economy 4% of GDP now looks ridiculously optimistic as the damage mounts.
The UK and European Union are poised to enter the final stretch of negotiations over post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. After years of distrust and tension both sides are optimistic that a settlement is within reach.
The European Union and the U.K. are preparing to enter an intense phase of negotiations starting next week aimed at overcoming the dispute over their post-Brexit trading relationship well ahead of the anniversary of Northern Ireland’s peace agreement in April, according to people familiar with the matter.
Labour leader to urge PM to take on Eurosceptics in attempt to resolve Northern Ireland protocol issues.