Stormont minister threatens legal action over Northern Ireland post-Brexit trading

Stormont minister threatens legal action over Northern Ireland post-Brexit trading

A Northern Ireland minister has threatened legal action against the UK and the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

Edwin Poots, who is running to replace the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster, told Stormont the Northern Ireland Protocol "ultimately needs to go".

To ensure there is no land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland continues to follow many EU rules but that means a new "regulatory" border was formed between it and Great Britain.