Northern Ireland Secretary BrandonLewis says the EU has 'not shown the flexibility' needed to resolve issues with the protocol and it is 'causing problems at a number of levels'. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Brandon Lewis: Northern Ireland Protocol 'needs to be resolved'
"It certainly affects communities across Northern Ireland and businesses as well, regardless of their voting intentions and we need to get that resolved. He went on to say that stability was being"imperilled" by problems with the protocol, which governs Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements.The Prime Minister will set out plans to revive struggling town centres in the Queen's Speech next week as he tries to move on from a bruising set of local elections.
Mr Johnson said:"High streets up and down the country have long been blighted by derelict shopfronts, because they've been neglected, stripping opportunity from local areas. Foreign Affairs Select Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat described the results from the local elections as a"pretty big blow" for the party.
"He has always been a divisive character and always communicated his message extremely clearly and you can choose which one of those skills or assets you think it most beneficial. "Certainty in Esher and Walton, which is Dominic Raab's seat, we have a very strong local government base now and we are hopeful that is a seat we might be able to get at the next general election.
Asked if her party would form a coalition with the Conservatives at the general election, Ms Cooper said the Lib Dems wanted to see the Tories"ousted" and had"no interest in forming a coalition with this Conservative government at all". The Labour politician said it would be"absurd" to equate the events in Downing Street to the incident being investigated by Durham Police.
Ms Nandy went on to say she was"confident" no rules had been broken during the incident last year, calling Sir Keir"Mr Rules". The comments come after the Conservatives lost nearly 500 seats in England, Wales, and Scotland in Thursday's council elections, with partygate and the cost of living crisis cited by local leaders as key issues on the doorstep.Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is speaking on Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday after Sinn Fein became the first nationalist party to win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday.
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