Brexit: UK PM prepared to suspend parts of the Brexit trade deal – BBC Newsnight

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for "urgent action" from the EU amid rising tensions over post-Brexit checks at Northern Ireland ports. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

UK and EU leaders are to hold talks to try to resolve the trade issues between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Checks on goods were suspended on Tuesday 2 February after threats to staff.

The UK government wrote to the European Commission overnight, calling for temporary lighter enforcement of the rules to be extended until early 2023.

Newsnight Political Editor Nick Watt reports

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