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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason, Lisa O'Carroll and Rory Carroll

Plan to scrap parts of Northern Ireland protocol is only an ‘insurance policy’, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson during a visit to Thales weapons manufacturer in Belfast. Photograph: Liam Mcburney/AFP/Getty Images

Boris Johnson has said a legal move to ditch parts of the Northern Ireland protocol is only an “insurance” policy, as it emerged that the controversial legislation has been delayed for some weeks.

Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, is expected to give a combative statement on Tuesday threatening to bring forward the draft legislation, after a cabinet discussion on Northern Ireland.

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