Watch as Brexit minister David Frost discusses the Northern Ireland protocol
The EU has swiftly rejected the UK government’s proposals to change the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol after ministers announced plans to rewrite the post-Brexit trading arrangements.
European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic said the bloc would “continue to engage” with the UK but insisted solutions had to be within the framework of the existing agreement.
Boris Johnson has refused to apologise for a text last autumn in which he suggested that Covid-19 was killing only people over 80, as he took part in Prime Minister’s Questions from self-isolation today.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer labelled the PM “a super-spreader” of confusion on Covid policy following U-turns over self-isolation guidance and vaccine passports.
Sir Keir was later forced into self-isolation himself when one of his children tested positive for the virus.
