The Labour leader said it was time for Rishi Sunak to confront hardline Brexiteers in the Tory European Research Group (ERG) if they try to block a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed that Labour will support the government at Westminster if it secures an agreement with the EU on reform of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
"Whatever political cover you need, whatever mechanisms in Westminster you require, if it delivers for our national interest and the people of"The time for action on the protocol is now. The time to stand up to the ERG is now., which can never be satisfied - is now." The protocol has overshadowed politics in Northern Ireland since it was agreed by then-prime minister Boris Johnson as part of the Brexit deal in a bid to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.
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