The UK and EU are hoping to strike a compromise deal on the contentious post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris arrives in Downing Street to attend a cabinet meeting yesterday. Image: Kirsty Wigglesworth NORTHERN IRELAND SECRETARY Chris Heaton-Harris has told MPs he is a “glass half-full man” on negotiations with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The Northern Ireland Secretary added: “The Government is engaging in constructive dialogue with the European Union to find the solutions to the problems the protocol is causing, and we are also proceeding with the legislation which aims to fix to these problems in the event that we cannot reach a negotiated solution.”
Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly gestures as he leaves after attending a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street yesterday. Source: Kirsty Wigglesworth The region’s largest unionist party, the DUP, is blocking the functioning of the powersharing institutions at Stormont in protest at the protocol, claiming the arrangements have undermined Northern Ireland’s place within the United Kingdom.
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