Boris Johnson poised to give green light to bill on Northern Ireland protocol

Boris Johnson will emphasise the need for restrained language to his foreign secretary, Liz Truss, amid frayed relations. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP

Boris Johnson is poised to give the green light to controversial legislation on the Northern Ireland protocol this week as he flies to Belfast for crunch meetings, gambling that the move will restart stalled talks.

The prime minister warned that it was a “necessity to act” if negotiations with the EU did not resume and said new measures would be put to parliament in the coming days.