Fixing the Northern Ireland Protocol 'cannot be put off', the deputy prime minister has said amid fears that progress on power sharing will remain stalled after last Thursday's elections. Read more:
"We won't get the executive that the people of Northern Ireland need until it is dealt with."The protocol was a deal agreed by Boris Johnson's government but in recent months the PM and other senior ministers have been vocal about wanting to renegotiate it - and have not ruled out Britain acting unilaterally to suspend it.
"It's clear now: if anything the outcome in Northern Ireland from those elections makes it clear it cannot be put off." Mr Lewis added:"The protocol that was designed to protect the Good Friday agreement is what is actually putting the most stress on it at the moment and we can't let that continue." He said that because of"bad faith" shown before, the DUP would not be taking up the offer from Mr Lewis on the basis of"believe us, we'll bring legislation forward".
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