US congress delegation to fly to London as Northern Ireland protocol concerns grow

Liz Truss has threatened to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, telling the EU that without ‘requisite flexibility’ she would have ‘no choice but to act’ Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

A delegation of influential US congress representatives will fly to London within days amid growing concern in the White House about spiralling tensions over the Northern Ireland protocol, the Guardian can reveal.

With the UK government poised to table legislation next week which could revoke parts of the protocol, arrangements are being made for at least half a dozen representatives from the US Congress to fly to Europe for a series of meetings in Brussels, Dublin, London and Belfast.