Cleverly to address protocol issues which ‘risk and undermine’ NI’s place in UK

Foreign secretary James Cleverly is to meet with business and political leaders in Northern Ireland. Picture: Lucy North/PA

British foreign secretary James Cleverly has said post-Brexit trading issues which “risk and undermine” Northern Ireland’s place within the UK must be addressed.

Mr Cleverly was speaking as he prepared to meet with political and business leaders in Belfast to discuss the impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol.