DUP denies whipping up NI Protocol fears

Physical inspections on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, which are required under the protocol, have been suspended (Liam McBurney/PA)

The DUP has rejected claims it is whipping up tensions over Irish Sea trade in an effort to get Brexit’s contentious Northern Ireland Protocol ditched.

Party leader and Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster said it was “absolutely ridiculous” to suggest her party was inflating concerns around trade disruption to pursue a political objective.