The UK and EU prepare to postpone further Brexit rules

Firms have warned they won’t meet the deadline to implement new requirements for parcel shipments from Britain to Northern Ireland

British prime minister Keir Starmer’s promise to repair relations with the eurozone could be paying dividends.

The UK and EU are preparing to postpone Brexit rules on parcel deliveries from Britain to Northern Ireland, suggesting prime minister Keir Starmer’s promise to repair relations with the eurozone could be paying dividends.

Couriers face new rules from September 30 that were agreed as part of the so-called Windsor Framework last year, a landmark UK-EU deal meant to reduce friction on trade across the Irish Sea. But firms have warned they won’t meet the deadline to implement new requirements, including on data sharing, and that parcel shipments could be impacted as a result.