DUP gives Liz Truss February deadline to fix Brexit protocol row

First minister Paul Givan says UK must take action if EU agreement cannot be reached by 21 February

The DUP has set 21 February as a fresh deadline for the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, to find a solution to the dispute over the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol.

In her first visit to Northern Ireland, Truss, who inherited Brexit negotiations from Lord Frost at Christmas, met the DUP's Paul Givan and Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill, first minister and deputy first minister respectively.