Northern Ireland first minister Paul Givan expected to resign in protocol protest

There has been no official statement from the DUP on the matter

Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan. File Picture: PA

Northern Ireland first minister Paul Givan is expected to announce his resignation by the end of the week, a senior DUP source has said.

It comes amid the party’s protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol and follows his colleague Edwin Poots’s decision to order a halt to agri-food checks at Northern Ireland’s ports.