Boris Johnson poised to give green light to bill on Northern Ireland protocol

Prime minister gambling move will restart stalled talks as he flies to Belfast for crunch meetings

Boris Johnson is poised to give the green light to controversial legislation on the Northern Ireland protocol this week as he flies to Belfast for crunch meetings, gambling that the move will restart stalled talks.

The prime minister warned that it was a necessity to act" if negotiations with the EU did not resume and said new measures would be put to parliament in the coming days.