UK government plans new Brexit law that could change Northern Ireland trade rules - but denies it will 'tear up' what was already agreed with the EU
The news comes at the start of another week of negotiations on that future trade deal.
Labour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Louise Haigh, said if the government's latest moves were negotiating tactics, they were not"very effective", adding:"It undermines all the progress that's been made over the last several months and completely jeopardises a future trading relationship".Boris Johnson signed the withdrawal agreement in January
But one of the biggest sticking points throughout negotiations had been how to handle the issue of Northern Ireland. It was unpopular with some sections of the Tory backbenches and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party - which had been supporting the government until that point. The text of the bill has yet to be published, so we cannot say for definite what will be included in its wording.
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