UK to delay post-Brexit checks on goods from Ireland

Britain's chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost. File Picture: AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

The British Government is to delay new controls on goods moving from the island of Ireland to Great Britain while negotiations with Brussels on the Northern Ireland Protocol continue.

The checks on incoming goods from the European Union – covering mainly food and agricultural products – are due to come into force on January 1, bringing post-Brexit customs arrangements with the bloc in line with those with the rest of world.