Sunak hails ‘new chapter’ on post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland

British prime minister Rishi Sunak welcomes European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the Fairmont Windsor Park hotel in Englefield Green, Windsor, Berkshire, ahead of a meeting to discuss a "range of complex challenges" around the Brexit treaty. Picture date: Monday February 27, 2023.

A new agreement between the UK and EU is "the beginning of a new chapter", the British Prime Minister says.

Speaking as he and European Commission President Urusla von der Leyen unveiled the new "Windsor Protocol", Rishi Sunak said that the agreement resolves the outstanding issues with the Northern Protocol. It does this by removing customs paperwork for deliveries to Northern Ireland. He said that the legal text of the protocol was amended to now include Northern Ireland in tax treatments and "onerous requirements on pet ownership" have been removed.