Politics
Checks on goods entering the North from Britain to be removed under Stormont deal
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson hails move as a key concession that will effectively scrap the contentious so-called Irish Sea border
Routine post-Brexit checks on goods shipped from Great Britain to final destinations in Northern Ireland are to be removed as part of a government deal to restore powersharing at Stormont.
A command paper titled “Safeguarding The Union” commits to replacing the current green lane process, which requires percentages of goods to be checked as they arrive from Great Britain, with a “UK internal market system” that will govern the movement of goods that will remain ...
