EU ready to scrap most post-Brexit checks on British goods entering NI

Offer to lift up to 50% of customs checks aims to turn page on troubled relationship with Boris Johnson

• What next for the Northern Ireland protocol?

The EU will offer to remove a majority of post-Brexit checks on British goods entering Northern Ireland as it seeks to turn the page on the rancorous relationship with Boris Johnson.

Up to 50% of customs checks on goods would be lifted and more than half the checks on meat and plants entering Northern Ireland would be abandoned under the bold offer from Brussels.