jonathan blake reports. borisjohnson always said brexit was about taking back control. but when it comes to the northern ireland border, progress has been slow. and now the prime minister is putting forward a plan to override parts of the deal he signed with the eu about how to manage trade across the irish sea. what we can do is fix that. it s not a big deal. we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north south in the island of ireland as well. that s what we want to do. the issue is getting goods from great britain to northern ireland, part of the uk, of course, but with a land border to the republic of ireland that is in the eu. back in 2019 borisjohnson signed a deal to avoid checks on that border which could have threatened peace in northern ireland. but the government now claims it s not working and wants to change it using uk laws.
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the coming hours the government will publish plans that would allow parts of northern ireland s post brexit trade arrangements to be altered without agreement with the eu. the prime minister says the government s proposed changes to the northern ireland protocol amount to a trivial set of adjustments and would be relatively simple to implement. but ireland s foreign minister simon coveney says plans to override the protocol would create a new set of uncertainties and be a low point in the uk s approach to brexit. the arrangement, known as the northern ireland protocol, allows for extra checks on some goods moving across the irish sea. it s been a source of discontent for unionists, who see it as an internal border within the uk. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. borisjohnson boris johnson always borisjohnson always said to briggs it was about taking back control. but when it comes to the northern
police resources, cooperation with the french, all of these things have been made much harder by brexit and by this government s diplomatic disasters, and that is why it is having to resort to desperate, desperate measures, such as this. thank you, stuart mcdonald, speaking from the snp, thank you. the government is preparing to set out plans that would allow parts of northern ireland s post brexit trade arrangements to be altered without agreement with the eu. the prime minister says the government s proposed changes amount to a trivial set of adjustments and would be relatively simple to implement. but ireland s foreign minister simon coveney says plans to overide the agreement known as the northern ireland protocol would create a new set of uncertainties and be a low point in the uk s approach to brexit. under the protocol, there are extra checks on some goods moving to northern ireland from other parts of the uk. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. borisjohn
problems and airport queues. i ll look at what impact all this could have on the travel industry, plus i ll be speaking to the boss of easyjet. lam iamat i am at gatton park in surrey where we saw some pretty nasty storms last night, as we did across other parts of england. they claim through today, sunny spells and warm once again. they will clear through today. it s thursday 19th may. the next few months will be tough. that s the warning from the chancellor rishi sunak in his latest comments on the cost of living crisis. speaking to business leaders last night he said the government is ready to do more to help the most vulnerable. but he s facing renewed pressure to take immediate action. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. thank you. high and getting higher. prices are rising faster than they have for decades. and we don t need inflation figures to tell us that. the rate at which goods are getting
full full coming up. it s thursday 19th may. our main story. the next few months will be tough. that was the warning from the chancellor rishi sunak when he addressed the cost of living crisis in a speech to business leaders last night. he said the government is ready to do what it can but he s facing renewed pressure to take immediate action to help families. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. thank you. high and getting higher. prices are rising faster than they have for decades. and we don t need inflation figures to tell us that. the rate at which goods are getting more expensive will be a worry for the chancellor, who last night warned of harder times ahead. there is no measure that any government could take, no law we could pass that can make these global forces disappear overnight. the next few months will be tough. but where we can act, we will. more than a hint of help to come