First sign of cabinet tensions emerges as Downing Street plays down hopes that deal with EU will be clinched on Tuesday
Rishi Sunak has been urged not to drop potential powers to unilaterally override the
The foreign secretary, James Cleverly, who held talks by video link with Maroš Šefčovič on Monday, said “intensive work” continued between the two sides and he would hold a further meeting with the Brussels official later this week, again underlining that a deal was not imminent. “The legislation that the government introduced is one of the biggest tools we have in solving the problem on the Irish Sea. It’s clear and it’s right that the PM is committed to finding a pragmatic solution to resolve these issues which are affecting the people of Northern Ireland, and that we find a solution that’s pragmatic and workable both for the EU and the UK.”
Once a deal is agreed on the Northern Ireland protocol, the government is expected to announce it swiftly, with hopes that the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, could come to London to shake on it.
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