Brexit: UK government to present Northern Ireland protocol plans within two weeks – as PM says confidence in him “low” Politics News

The government will present its plans for post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland over the next two weeks – with Labor saying confidence in Boris Johnson on the issue has fallen to ‘an all-time low’.

At the end of last month, the UK and the EU agreed to a three-month extension of a grace period to avoid a ban on chilled meats – like sausages – from Britain to Northern Ireland.

After the agreement on the extension, the UK government said it would work “vigorously” with the EU to find a permanent solution to the “sausage war”, as well as to the broader problems associated with the protocol. North Ireland.

The protocol is designed to avoid a hard post-Brexit border on the island of Ireland and is a key part of the UK’s divorce deal with the EU.

However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the current implementation of the protocol – which keeps Northern Ireland in much of the single market and EU customs rules – is having a “damaging impact” on the people. from Northern Ireland.

Speaking Thursday, Brexit Minister Lord Frost said he was “confident” that “necessary adjustments” to the protocol’s implementation could be found.

He told the Policy Exchange think tank that the UK government is “considering our next steps” and “talking to all interested”.

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And Lord Frost has announced that ministers will “present our approach” to Parliament “in a thoughtful manner” before MEPs leave on summer recess from Westminster on 22 July.

“The price offered to all of us, if we can restore a new balance in a way that works for all of us, is that we can take UK-EU relations to a new level …