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Andy Gregory

EU proposals on Northern Ireland Protocol would ‘take us backwards’, Liz Truss claims

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European Union proposals on the Northern Ireland Protocol would “take us backwards”, Liz Truss has claimed, in an apparent bid to set the stage for the UK to take unilateral action on the post-Brexit treaty.

Dismissing the ideas laid out by the bloc in October aimed at resolving problems with the protocol, the foreign secretary warned on Tuesday that “the answer cannot be more checks, paperwork and disruption”.

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