talks, so i think what this kind of reveals is that the government itself does not yet have the answer for this, they do not have the pot of cash these firms are calling for, and this is certainly something that will be an ongoing talk of discussion particularly with the government's own spending review coming up later this month. meanwhile, pressure really building on them both from the firm, some of them have already had to halt production in the last couple of weeks, but also in the opposition, too. labourtoday weeks, but also in the opposition, too. labour today accusing these two departments of spending the morning fighting over whether or not they are in talks, while the prime minister is on holiday, and the shadow chancellor rachel reeves has also said, the treasury is not in talks with the department for business, then why are they not. thank you very much, ione wells there, a political correspondent with the latest. the irish foreign minister simon coveney says the uk's demands on the northern ireland protocol could cause "a breakdown in relations" with the eu. it comes after the brexit minister lord frost repeated that the uk wants the european court ofjustice