Visit suggests announcement of UK-EU solution on Northern Ireland could come as early as Friday
Rishi Sunak is to travel to Belfast on Thursday night in a sign that a deal on theThere is also speculation that the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, will travel to Brussels on Friday, although this has not been confirmed.
“The prime minister and secretary of state for Northern Ireland are travelling to Northern Ireland this evening to speak to political parties as part of this engagement process.” An agreement has been on the cards for the last four weeks and is expected to include a settlement on an elimination of some checks on goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and a new dispute resolution mechanism not involving the European court of justice in the first instance.
A government source said: “The DUP have published in black and white what their seven tests are. We believe this meets them, otherwise we wouldn’t have brought the negotiation team home nearly a week ago.”
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