Brexit minister admits UK ‘underestimated’ impact of NI protocol in call for fix

David Frost has called for ‘pragmatic solutions’ to fix the issues being felt in Northern Ireland after Brexit (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Time is “starting to run out” to fix the problems facing Northern Ireland after Brexit, the UK’s Brexit minister has warned Brussels.

David Frost said the UK Government had “underestimated” the impact the Northern Ireland Protocol, which he helped to negotiate as part of the initial Brexit deal, would have on the region.