Liz Truss to hold Brexit talks with EU over NI protocol

The foreign secretary, now chief negotiator with the EU, wants a comprehensive solution'

The UK's newly appointed chief post-Brexit negotiator, Liz Truss, said she would speak to her EU counterpart, Maro efovi, on Tuesday amid renewed calls to rip up the controversial Northern Ireland protocol.

The cabinet minister, who is also the foreign secretary, said she wanted to negotiate a comprehensive solution" to the agreement, which requires post-Brexit checks on goods arriving in Northern Ireland from Great Britain.