Rishi Sunak has struck a deal to reduce the number of checks on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. This is consistent with Northern Ireland remaining part of the European single market, but Great Britain being out in the single market. Most parts of Westminster think that this is as good a deal as you can get to reduce theNumber of checks ongoods going from Great Britainto Northern Ireland. The biggest unionist party, the democratic unionists, are still not quite sure whether they like this deal and some Tory backbenchers also say we don't like the factNorthern Ireland has been treated differently from the rest of the UK. But overall it's been positively received.
Since Brexit’s earliest days, the trade status of Northern Ireland and its border with the Republic of Ireland have been a perilous sticking point. We examine a deal that might—and should—resolve matters at last. Our correspondent looks at all the plush office space being converted into family homes. And an obituary for the ruined city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
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