Sunak seeks to sell ‘breakthrough’ deal after EU-UK agreement

British prime minister Rishi Sunak greets, Ursula Von Der Leyen, at the Fairmont Windsor Park hotel (Dan Kitwood/PA)

Rishi Sunak is expected to travel to Northern Ireland later, after securing a deal with the EU that he promised would be a “turning point” for the region after years of post-Brexit tensions.

The new deal, dubbed the Windsor Framework, removes barriers on trade across the Irish Sea and hands a “veto” to politicians in Stormont on EU law – a set of concessions from Brussels that went further than some expected.