UK Government Proposes Amendments to Safeguard Union with Northern Ireland

The UK government’s 88-page command paper, titled Safeguarding the Union, published on Wednesday envisaged “unfettered access” between Northern Ireland and the UK. The UK government intends to amend the UK’s Internal Market Act to prohibit exit checks on goods moving from Northern Ireland to Britain.which unionists believed separated them from the rest of the United Kingdom.

The publication of the proposed legislation by the British government has been widely welcomed in the UK, Ireland and the United States.Stormont return: Donaldson says DUP not split over deal while his critics achieved ‘nothing’The paper is likely to pave the way for the restoration of Stormont for the first time in two years as early as Saturday.said he was proud that his party had secured changes which he believed met its seven tests for a return to Stormont.He said it would provide “real change delivering progress for everyone in Northern Ireland” amid “long and protracted negotiations”. He spoke of a “a confident unionism, a forward-looking unionism .

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