DUP leader to 'take steps' to oppose council deal on NI Protocol

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has personally pledged to "take steps" to overturn a council agreement on implementing Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol, a prominent loyalist activist has said.

Read more:NI secretary wants to 'deliver enough pressure' to restore Stormont and fix Brexit Protocol The DUP objected to the scheme at committee level at Causeway Coast and Glens council, a majority-unionist local authority, but it was signed off at full council. "The DUP have been very clear they do not stand over this, and they are going to take steps now to stop these schemes," he said.

In a statement to the programme, the DUP said: "This is another example of Northern Ireland Protocol red tape.

Jeff, the man who avoided The View because he has no answers. Maybe a career selling insurance beckons. I bet you wish you were never the leader because that means showing leadership.

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While the Striking DUP MLA’s are still on Strike and receiving full pay,our nurses and teachers and the wider community are struggling. It just goes to show the DUP have only one interest and that’s their own interests. They should be hanging their heads in shame. CHRISTIANS?

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