Post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol ‘killed off’ VAT cut on fuel bills Sir Iain Duncan Smith blamed the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol for killing off a tax cut potentially worth £100 a year for families facing higher bills Treasury sources insist it was
The Taoiseach said critics who warned the controversial trading arrangements were tearing the union apart were being “over-dramatic”. Mr Martin spoke out after Boris Johnson vowed to take action on the Northern Ireland Protocol if the EU refuses to ditch “absurd” aspects
In an apparent swipe at the DUP, Mr Martin added damage over weaponising Brexit could go “much further”. He said: “When this approach is followed in relation to UK-EU relations the damage it causes is primarily economic. “When it involves misrepresenting the
The Commission President refused an official invitation extended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence in August. But breaking her own Commission’s protocol, Ms von der Leyen failed to respond to the Ukrainian leader personally. Instead, her
And Mr Habib said he and co-litigants – including First Minister Arlene Foster – were keen to see their own legal challenge against the controversial agreement come before the High Court of Northern Ireland next month. The EU launched legal action against
Lord Frost heads for Brussels in desperate bid to break deadlock on post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland amid fears over rising sectarian tensions and violence Lord Frost will go to Brussels tomorrow for talks on Northern Ireland protocol Post-Brexit rules have been
Deputy DUP leader Lord Dodds said the violence in Northern Ireland is due to a combination of reasons. While speaking on Newsnight with Kirsty Wark, Lord Dodds insisted the current state of affairs was untenable and unsustainable. He added the Brexit Northern
A European Union Law expert has warned the European Union is plotting a legal threat to force the U.K. to abide by the Northern Ireland protocol. Speaking to Roundtable, Professor Stephen Weatherill, a professor of European Law at University of Oxford, explained
The protocol was agreed by the EU and UK during the Brexit negotiations in a bid to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland. It was designed to keep trade flowing smoothly on the island and to avoid a hard
