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NORTHERN Irish citizens and businesses are at risk of becoming “permanent casualties” of Brexit if the UK and EU do not resolve their differences, a new report has said. A committee of peers examining the Northern Ireland Protocol today published detailed findings of their inquiry, concluding there was a “corrosive and mutual lack of trust” between the UK and EU, leading to a “serious deterioration” in the relationships between both sides, as well as the administrations in Belfast and Dublin. In the initial report, peers said the UK’s "lack of readiness" and the EU’s sho...

The Northern Ireland Protocol risks becoming a constant irritant in future EU/UK relations unless both sides change their “fundamentally flawed” approaches to resolving the dispute, peers have found. A House of Lords committee set up to examine the controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements for the Irish Sea has warned that Northern Ireland could become a “permanent casualty” of Brexit unless compromise is found urgently. The EU and UK remain at odds over the implementation of new checks and processes on goods being shipped into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. The commit...

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Liberal Democrat Baroness Ludford speaking in House of Lords - Credit: Parliamentlive.tv The UK’s role in a diplomatic row with the EU over the status of the bloc’s ambassador in London has been branded “vindictive” and “offensive” in the Lords. Foreign office minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said the government continued to engage with the EU on the long-term arrangements for the EU delegation. Lord Ahmad told peers that he did not wish to pre-empt those talks and insisted the government wanted a relationship based on “friendly cooperation” with the EU. But the minister faced...