NI Protocol warning

FOREIGN Secretary Liz Truss has warned the EU that if it does not show the “requisite flexibility” over the Northern Ireland Protocol the UK will have “no choice but to act” alone.

Following a call with European Commission vicepresident Maros Sefcovic, a spokesman said Ms Truss made clear that the UK’S “overriding priority” is to protect peace and stability in Northern Ireland.

She said the protocol has become “the greatest obstacle” to forming a new N. Ireland Executive.