NI Protocol: No Breakthrough On Deal After UK-EU Talks
There has been no breakthrough in negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the UK and EU have said in another joint statement.
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MLA To Get £14k Wage Cut From January 2023 If Stormont Stalemate Persists
All ninety Stormont assembly members will have their salaries cut by more than £14,000 from 1 January, Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has said with further cuts to come if the political stalemate continues. Assembly members have not governed in Northern Ireland for 10 months due to a boycott...
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Rishi Sunak: Where Does The New PM Stand On NI Protocol?
Boris Johnson promised to “Get Brexit Done” but his successor inherited a bogged-down dispute about special arrangements that were agreed for Northern Ireland. Liz Truss lasted just 49 days in office, during which time talks with the EU restarted.
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NI Business Groups Urge Politicians To Return To Power-sharing
Business groups are calling on Northern Ireland politicians to restore the power-sharing executive before Friday’s deadline. The Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce warned that businesses are “at a tipping point” over rising costs.
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UK: NI Business Consortium Urge EU & UK To End Protocol Impasse
A consortium of Northern Ireland business groups have told the EU and UK that urgent agreement is needed on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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NI Protocol: UK given extra time to respond to EU
The UK has been given extra time to respond to legal action launched by the EU over plans to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Tory MPs Attack Boris Johnson Over Plan To Rip Up Northern Ireland Brexit Deal
Boris Johnson has been accused by Tory MPs of “damaging the UK and everything the Conservatives stand for” as he prepares to publish a bill to rip up his 2020 Brexit deal with the EU covering trade with Northern Ireland.
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Brexit: PM To Unveil Plans To Scrap Parts Of NI Protocol Agreed With EU
Boris Johnson will later publish plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal he struck with the EU in 2020. The PM wants to change the Protocol section of the deal to make it easier for some goods to move between Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Brexit: What Is The Northern Ireland Protocol?
The UK government has announced plans to introduce a law which will override the Brexit deal it signed on Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Protocol – agreed with the European Union (EU) in 2019 – has been a source of tension since it came into force at the start...
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Brexit: Temporary Exemption For Goods Exported From Ireland To GB
Goods exported from Ireland to Great Britain will be temporarily exempted from new border controls on EU-GB trade which take effect on 1 January.
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