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Boris Johnson news – live: UK has “no choice” but to act on Northern Ireland protocol, says Truss

Foreign secretary Liz Truss has set the scene for a furious Brexit spat with Europe, telling Brussels the UK has “no choice but to act” over the Northern Ireland protocol.

Ms Truss’s warning is expected to be followed within days by the publication of emergency legislation to override key elements of the protocol, negotiated by Boris Johnson in 2019 to avoid a hard border between the Republic and the North after Brexit.

It effectively brings down the curtain on talks lasting more than a year in which the UK has been demanding the relaxation of checks on goods imported into Northern Ireland from the British mainland as a result of Mr Johnson’s decision to draw a customs border down the Irish Sea.

It comes as a Conservative MP doubled down on his controversial comments claiming poor people use food banks because they “cannot cook properly” and “cannot budget”.

Mr Anderson was unapologetic when asked about his remarks on Thursday – claiming that people “would be able to fend for themselves” with the right education.



Xural.com

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