BREAKING: A new deal on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade rules has been agreed by the UK government and the EU, says a senior government source. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
For weeks, there has been speculation over whether a new deal could be thrashed out three years after Brexit took place as Rishi Sunak entered talks with the EU.
The details of the negotiations between the bloc and the UK government have been kept strictly under wraps but should be revealed later today following final talks between Mr Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Windsor this lunchtime.Mr Sunak will put the deal to his cabinet this afternoon but a vote by MPs in the Commons is not expected until possibly later this week.
The prime minister will hold a joint news conference with Ms von der Leyen at 3.30pm GMT, where it is hoped they will reveal some details of the agreement. The deal follows frustrations around the Northern Ireland Protocol, which aimed to prevent creating a hard border on the island of Ireland - but effectively placed a border in the Irish Sea.
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