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Northern Ireland Protocol

Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen appeared pleased with their work addressing problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol (Picture:Dan Kitwood /pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak's Northern Ireland deal with EU looks like a good one – Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a Q and A session after speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. The Prime Minister is due to meet with a number of world leaders while at the summit. He is also expected to meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on the fringes to talk about a deal to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture date: Saturday February 18, 2023.

Sunak to push for Northern Ireland Protocol deal with EU leaders

Rishi Sunak is to hold talks with European leaders in a bid to fix issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol, despite reservations among Eurosceptic Tory backbenchers.

Rishi Sunak to push for Northern Ireland Protocol deal with EU leaders

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US president Joe Biden, who will meet with Liz Truss on Wednesday. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File

Truss concedes post-Brexit free trade deal with US will not restart for years

The US President has stressed the importance of reaching an agreement with the EU over post-Brexit legislation on Northern Ireland in his first phone call with the new Prime Minister.

Joe Biden and Liz Truss discuss importance of Northern Ireland Protocol

An anti-Northern Ireland Protocol sign close to Larne Port, as a Bill to amend the Northern Ireland Protocol unilaterally will be introduced in Parliament today, amid controversy over whether the legislation will break international law. Picture: Press Association

Should Scotland be aspiring to chaos of NIreland Protocol? - Willie Rennie

Legislation relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol is “both necessary and lawful”, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said, warning “we simply can’t allow the situation to drift”.

Liz Truss: Northern Ireland Protocol legislation is ‘both necessary and lawful’

A man stands on the steps of the grounded Rwanda deportation flight EC-LZO Boeing 767 at Boscombe Down Air Base. The flight taking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute after intervention of the European Court of Human Rights. Picture: Getty Images

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Stripping the European Court of Justice of its oversight role in the Northern Ireland Protocol is “out of the question”, an EU official has warned.

Removing ECJ oversight role in protocol ‘out of the question’, EU warns

Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer (right) walks with Desmond Rea, former chairman of the NI Policing Board, outside the Titanic visitor building. Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Labour government would axe laws that override NI protocol, vows Starmer

Former Brexit minister Lord Frost said the arrangements for Northern Ireland would only have worked if the EU's regulatory framework had not been fully applied.

Problems of Northern Ireland Protocol stem from UK ‘weakness’, says Frost

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, seen at a meeting of Nato ministers in Berlin, on Sunday (Picture: Bernd von Jutrczenka/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

UK is risking a trade war that would worsen the cost-of-living crisis

A man dressed as a customs officer and another dressed as Boris Johnson with protesters from Border Communities Against Brexit outside Hillsborough Castle during a visit by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Northern Ireland for talks with Stormont parties. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

What is the Northern Ireland Protocol and what could happen next?

The UK Government was criticised over threats to rip up the Northern Ireland protocol.

Boris Johnson's threat to EU over NI 'self-absorption and self-destructive'

Boris Johnson said the UK is ready to take measures if necessary to “fix” the deal with the EU

SNP blasts Northern Ireland Protocol changes as ‘unthinkable’

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales departs from Babcock's Rosyth dockyard in 2019 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP can't dismiss independence questions with Brexiteer bluster – Scotsman says

Confusion over NI border checks

Ferry traffic is boarded at the Stena Line terminal in Cairnryan (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Brexit Britain risks becoming 'Perfidious Albion' once again – Scotsman says

Will Boris Johnson work constructively with the EU to sort out the Northern Ireland Protocol's problems? (Picture: Yui Mok/pool/ Getty Images)

Why we must not let Covid mask the effects of Brexit – Scotsman comment

Tensions are growing over the Northern Ireland Protocol (Picture: Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland border issue risks escalating dispute with EU – Scotsman says

The UK government and European Union have agreed to extend the grace period amid the ongoing "sausage war".

UK and EU agree grace period extension after 'sausage war'

Lord David Frost accused the EU of making "threats" against "big" countries like Britain

David Frost warns EU must stop making ‘threats’ to big countries like Britain

US President Joe Biden is welcomed as he arrives on Air Force One at Cornwall Airport Newquay ahead of the G7 summit (Photo: Phil Noble/PA Wire ).

Biden will hold talks with Boris Johnson in Cornwall ahead of G7 summit

Loyalists have shown fierce opposition to the Northern Ireland Protocol (Getty Images)

What is the Northern Ireland protocol?

Michael Gove has admitted Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade disruption is not just “teething problems”.

Michael Gove admits Northern Ireland trade issues not just ‘teething problems’

Michael Gove: The EU has acknowledged their mistake in triggering Article 16

Michael Gove: The EU has acknowledged their mistake in triggering Article 16

Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street with Scotland Secretary Alister Jack following a UK Cabinet meeting (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Johnson must compromise with EU to avoid a no-deal Brexit – Scotsman comment

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