UK and EU extend post-Brexit grace period over Northern Ireland indefinitely

Government source says UK wants to create space for talks to happen without deadlines looming'

Plans for post-Brexit checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland have been suspended indefinitely by the UK after negotiations with the EU reached a stalemate.

Grace periods designed to ease the transition into new trading arrangements and checks on the island of Ireland have twice been extended as part of diplomatic wrangling labelled the sausage wars".