UK to table bill to scrap Northern Ireland Brexit protocol, Liz Truss says

Truss said the government’s first priority was to uphold the Good Friday agreement, which she said was “under strain”.

As expected, she proposed legislation that would create a “green channel” for goods going to Northern Ireland from Great Britain that would not go on to the Republic of Ireland, with mandatory checks halted for these exports. Goods moving onwards to the Republic would still face checks, via a “red channel”.

EU diplomats say no decision has been taken on the nature of retaliatory action, which would only follow a move by the UK government to override the protocol. Boris Johnson insisted the government was not seeking to overturn the protocol, telling the BBC, “we don’t want to nix it, we want to fix it”.

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