‘Brexit breakthrough’: how the papers covered Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal

Composite of the UK newspaper front pages after Rishi Sunak announced a Northern Ireland deal to break a Brexit impasse. Composite: The Daily Telegraph / The Guardian / The Times / Daily Express / Daily Mail / Metro

Rishi Sunak’s Windsor framework has been welcomed, at least initially, on the front pages in the UK and Ireland, as a way to break the Brexit impasse over Northern Ireland.

Some papers look ahead to the blue skies of greater European cooperation, while others focus on the potential storm clouds ahead if Tory rebels or the Democratic Unionist party opt to reject it.