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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Robert Buckland says protocol Bill ‘no longer has any legal justification’

PA Wire

Rishi Sunak faces a fresh split among Tories after a former justice secretary argued controversial post-Brexit legislation on Northern Ireland is no longer legally justified.

Sir Robert Buckland’s intervention over the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill on Tuesday came after Boris Johnson pressured the Prime Minister not to drop the proposed law.

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