EU-UK data-sharing agreement hailed as ‘positive step’ amid NI protocol row

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly (Toby Melville/PA)

Progress between the EU and the UK on post-Brexit data-sharing has been hailed as a “positive step” in ongoing talks to find a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol row.

British foreign secretary James Cleverly and Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris met European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in London on Monday, as London and Brussels try to find a way forward over post-Brexit arrangements in the region.