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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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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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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Brexit: EU Brings Forward New NI Protocol Proposals

The EU will bring forward new proposals for the Northern Ireland Protocol next week that they hope would form the basis for intensive talks with the UK, European Commission Vice President Maros Šefčovič has said.

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Brexit: EU Publishes Proposals To Simplify NI Protocol

The EU has published its proposals for simplifying some aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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BREXIT: EU/UK Must Ensure NI Does Not Become Permanent Casualty

The UK and EU have both taken a “fundamentally flawed” approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol, a House of Lords committee has concluded. The peers said there had been a lack of clarity, transparency and readiness on the part of the UK government. The EU was described as lacking...

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