Northern Ireland Protocol on agenda as Edwin Poots meets Brandon Lewis

DUP leader designate Edwin Poots with party colleague Ian Paisley leaving Stormont House in Belfast after a meeting with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis (PA)

Incoming DUP leader Edwin Poots has held talks with the Northern Ireland Secretary in Belfast.

Mr Poots had requested the face-to-face meeting with Brandon Lewis to discuss Brexit’s contentious Northern Ireland Protocol and a series of other issues.