A data-sharing deal between the UK and European Union has been hailed as a "positive step" in talks to resolve the deadlock over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris met European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in London on Monday, as London and Brussels try to find a way forward.
Both sides welcomed an agreement on EU access to British IT systems as a key step in resolving the protocol impasse, which has led to the collapse of devolved government at Stormont.
