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Northern Ireland's Orange Order says new Brexit deal needs improvement

FILE PHOTO: An Orange Order member joins the unionist Twelfth celebrations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

Northern Ireland's influential Orange Order said it had voted unanimously to oppose any return of devolved government in the British province unless substantial improvements are made to a reworked post-Brexit deal with the European Union.

The move by the 30,000-member pro-British group - which holds large, at times divisive marches each year to celebrate centuries-old military victories - could raise pressure on the Democratic Unionist Party to wring some concessions from London.

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