The Belfast Newsletter, June 25, David Young
The suggested replacement for the Northern Ireland Protocol/Windsor Framework is set out in a report drawn up by pro-Brexit think tank the Centre for Brexit Policy.
The group contends the current arrangements, which involve checks on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, have failed and only a radical redrawing of the trading arrangements will be enough to convince the DUP to return to power-sharing at Stormont.
The DUP has been blockading devolution in Northern Ireland for more than a year in protest against the protocol.
The party says the Windsor Framework, struck by the EU and UK earlier this year as a way to reduce red tape on trade between GB and NI, does not go far enough.
Sir Jeffrey has made clear the DUP will not return to Stormont until the government provides further legislative assurances around Northern Ireland’s place within the UK internal market.
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