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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Brexit: UK and EU ‘strike customs deal’ in protocol breakthrough

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The UK and EU have reached an agreement on customs in hopes the two sides are close to ending the post-Brexit dispute over Northern Ireland Protocol, it has been reported.

Brussels is said to have accepted a British plan that would avoid routine checks on goods moving from Great Britain into Northern Ireland in a major breakthrough in the ongoing row.

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