Frost hopes EU will not ‘react’ if UK suspends Northern Ireland protocol

Brexit minister tells Commons' select committee that Britain could act unilaterally over border checks

The British government has said it hopes the EU would not take retaliatory measures if it was forced to unilaterally suspend the special Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.

Lord Frost told MPs that in the interests of stability and peace, he hoped that the EU would not make that more difficult by reacting to it".