Northern Ireland to get new Brexit trade rules in deal to restore power sharing

Rishi Sunak told the Commons: ‘After two years without an executive, there is now a prospect of power-sharing back up and running.’ Photograph: UK Parliament/Maria Unger/PA

New rules to smooth post-Brexit trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland have been unveiled by the government as part of a deal with the Democratic Unionist party that will restore the Stormont executive and install a Sinn Féin first minister.

A command paper titled Safeguarding the Union was published on Wednesday to allay DUP fears about Northern Ireland’s place in the UK and to end a two-year boycott of power sharing that has destabilised the country.