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The UK and European Union (EU) will sign off on their new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, despite ongoing opposition to the agreement from some unionists in the region.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic will meet in London to adopt the so-called Windsor Framework, after which new trading arrangements can be implemented, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak emphatically won a parliamentary vote on the Stormont Brake, a key part of the deal that seeks to give Northern Ireland’s politicians a veto over the application of new EU rules. It passed by 515 votes to 29 after the prospect of a sizable rebellion faded. The EU also formally agreed to key elements of the deal.
Still, Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DPU)  voted against and said it can’t yet return to the region’s power-sharing executive because post-Brexit issues remain unresolved. That cast doubt over the prospect of re-forming the government in Northern Ireland, which has been suspended for over a year.