UK publishes plans to ditch parts of Northern Ireland Protocol - but EU says move would break international law
The government is promising to remove "unnecessary" paperwork on goods checks and that businesses in Northern Ireland will get the same tax breaks as those elsewhere in the UK.
But Sinn Fein's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill accused the prime minister of creating more instability and uncertainty in Northern Ireland. She added that the protocol was working - and she accused the Democratic Unionist Party of blocking the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland.The DUP, which won the second-highest number of seats, has said it will not form a power-sharing executive with its rival party until the protocol is amended.DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said: "I don't believe what the government is proposing is illegal. I believe it is a solution and that is what we need - solutions.
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