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...
Read MoreBusiness 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.
Read MoreA consortium of Northern Ireland business groups have told the EU and UK that urgent agreement is needed on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreBoris 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.
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreGoods exported from Ireland to Great Britain will be temporarily exempted from new border controls on EU-GB trade which take effect on 1 January.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe EU has published its proposals for simplifying some aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Read MoreThe 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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