Government did NOT collude with DUP over border, Liz Truss to say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The EU's rules on customs and regulation of agri-food products will continue to apply to goods arriving in NI.
54% : This allows goods to flow to and from NI to the ROI and the rest of the EU as they did while the UK was a member of the EU, without customs checks, tariffs or new paperwork.
53% : During Brexit negotiations the EU and UK agreed a Northern Ireland Protocol that there would be no new checks on goods crossing the border between NI and the Republic of Ireland (ROI).
53% : One of the frustrations is, this I have to say, is something we have been saying to the European Union for some time, was the kind of thing that we could see happening.
47% : The protocol aims to:Avoid a hard border between NI and the ROI Make sure of the integrity of the EU's single market for goods Facilitate unfettered access for NI goods to the GB market, and the inclusion of NI goods in free trade agreements between the UK and third countries
45% : Liz Truss will tell the EU today that the government is not colluding with the DUP over the order to halt border checks in the Irish Sea.
45% : Liz Truss will tell the EU today that Britain is not colluding with the DUP over the order to halt border checks in the Irish SeaDUP minister Edwin Poots (pictured), whose officials are responsible for carrying out Northern Ireland Protocol checks as part of Britain's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, said he had ordered his permanent secretary to stop them at midnight on Wednesday night
31% : Boris Johnson accused the European Union of implementing post-Brexit border rules in Northern Ireland in an 'insane' way in Parliament last weekThe protocol was negotiated as part of the Brexit deal to avoid a hard border with Ireland, by effectively keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.

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