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The United Kingdom has set out steps to try to break the deadlock with the European Union on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, lining up a new law that would effectively override parts of a deal and further inflame ties with Brussels. In a statement to parliament on Tuesday, Foreign …

DUP will not back a speaker or nominate ministers until the UK alters the protocol which governs post-Brexit trade. Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said it will block the election of a speaker for the Northern Ireland Assembly, in a move that would shut down the British-run province’s …

In the heart of the English countryside, Will Woodhall is trying to stay positive, despite standing next to a vast pile of rotting beetroot that would once have been worth tens of thousands of pounds. “It’s a real shame — a lot of effort has gone into this,” the 35-year-old …

Boris Johnson comes under criticism, including from his own MPs, for comparing Ukrainian resistance with Brexit. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire, including from his own MPs, after saying Brexit showed that Britons shared the same “instinct” for freedom as Ukrainians. In a speech to his Conservative …

Paul Givan resigned after one of his ministers tried to block the inspection of goods arriving from other parts of the UK. Northern Ireland’s first minister has resigned as tensions over the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union triggered a fresh political crisis in the region. Paul Givan stepped …

Brexit Freedoms Bill will allow Britain to change or scrap outdated EU regulations to cut red tape for its businesses. The UK government will introduce new legislation allowing it to change or scrap retained European Union laws, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said to mark two years since Brexit. The …

Brexit: Why Irish freight trade is avoiding Britain Brexit: Why Irish freight trade is avoiding Britain Nearly two months after Great Britain (GB) left the EU single market and customs union, the volume of freight being shipped across the Irish Sea from the Republic of Ireland to GB is still down …

PM urges EU action to ease Brexit tensions in NI PM urges EU action to ease Brexit tensions in NI The UK wrote to the bloc calling for lighter enforcement of rules as port staff face threats over checks. View On WordPress

Brexit: How much disruption has there been so far? Brexit: How much disruption has there been so far? It has been a month since the rules changed in the UK’s relationship with the EU. View On WordPress

EU vaccine export row: Call for UK to override part of Brexit deal EU vaccine export row: Call for UK to override part of Brexit deal NI’s first minister wants trade flow problems between GB and NI addressed, in the wake of the EU vaccine export row. View On WordPress