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The UK Government and the EU are still negotiating changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has indicated the proposed deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol between the European Union and the UK Government only meets “three or four” of the party’s “tests”.

The DUP’s refusal to rapidly sign up to a deal on the NI Protocol seems to have astonished Downing Street, but that very fact demonstrates the astonishing ignorance of the party at the top of Rishi Sunak’s government.

The Taoiseach told reporters that he wanted to avoid commentary that would make a deal harder to reach.

The Taoiseach has said “time and space” should be given to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to allow for a possible protocol deal.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing pushback over the Northern Ireland protocol's Brexit deal, including from former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Comments from the chairman of a loyalist representative organisation suggesting there may be paramilitary violence if an agreed deal on the NI Protocol “falls short”, have been branded sinister and illegitimate.

In the summer of 2021, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party would not support any deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol unless seven ‘tests’ which he set out were passed.

In the summer of 2021, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party would not support any deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol unless seven ‘tests’ which he set out were passed.

Boris Johnson has been urged to butt out of the protocol debate, with accusations Northern Ireland will end up as “collateral damage” in the former Prime Minister’s plot to undermine Rishi Sunak.