UK changes tack over Northern Ireland protocol with push for ‘interim’ deal

Brexit minister David Frost is seeking agreement on customs and imports to NI and could drop insistence on total exclusion of ECJ

The UK is to change tack in negotiations over the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol and will push for an interim" deal to avert any further deterioration of political stability in the region.

Brexit minister David Frost is set to propose a new approach based on a staged solution" with a deal on customs declarations and physical checks on goods a priority to address the immediate impact on people's lives and livelihoods.