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    No 10 says new £3bn Brexit deal with DUP doesn’t need EU approval

    by Adam Forrest Jan 30, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA

    No 10 has said the agreement struck with the DUP to change post-Brexit checks for Northern Ireland will not need Rishi Sunak to re-open his Windsor Framework deal with the EU.

    DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed the new agreement – which has won the backing of his unionist party – will involve “substantive” changes to trade arrangements.

    Sir Jeffrey insisted it would remove all post-Brexit checks on goods moving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain under a deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont.

    As well as claiming “zero checks, zero customs paperwork” on goods

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