Britain is “on the cusp” of securing a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trading terms in Northern Ireland, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has said.
The UK has been holding talks with the EU to fix issues with the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol for some time, and speculation has been mounting that the two sides are close to an agreement on the future of the controversial trading arrangement.
Appearing on Sky News on Sunday, Raab confirmed that “there is real progress” and suggested “there will be good news in a matter of days, not weeks.”
The Cabinet minister later told the BBC: “If we can get this over the line—we’re on the cusp, we’ve made great progress, we’re not there yet—this would be a really important deal.”…
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