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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Labour promises to ‘scrap’ PM’s protocol override law, as rebel Tories vow to block bill

PA

A future Labour government would repeal any legislation passed by Boris Johnson’s legislation to unilaterally ditch Northern Ireland Protocol checks, Sir Keir Starmer has pledged.

It comes as senior Conservative MPs told The Independent there was a lot of “unease” about the idea of breaking an international treaty, while Tory peers vowed to dilute and delay the bill in the Lords.

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