UK regulation to allow for completion of border posts at North's ports

Edwin Poots, the former DUP Agriculture Minister, had ordered in February 2022 that construction be halted.

The UK government has published a statutory instrument which would allow ministers to complete the construction of border posts at Northern Irish ports.

The Official Controls (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 published today will empower officials in Whitehall to expedite the building of such posts, despite this normally being a devolved power for the Northern Executive.