hello and welcome to the programme. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has announced a revised trade deal that is aimed at fixing problems within the brexit arrangement that affects northern ireland. the agreement will remove checks for goods sent from the british mainland and destined for northern ireland. mr sunak and the president of european commission ursula von der leyen declared the deal as opening a new chapter in relations between london and brussels. the us president biden issued a statement saying it was an essential step to ensure peace from the good friday agreement is preserved. for months, negotiations have rumbled on in the undergrowth. finally, then, at a posh hotel near windsor, just outside london, and a spot with a keen sense of its place in british history, the stage is set. mind you, not before the president of the european commission posed for photos with some builders in london on her way here. and from informal and spontaneous, to the formal and very c
but the prime minister now has to sell his deal and persuade the sceptics. will the so called windsor framework get the approval of unionists in northern ireland and what will it mean for future relations with the eu? also on the programme. why your energy bills are likely to go up from april despite the amount companies can charge households going down. i think it is time that members of this house grew up. tributes are paid to betty boothroyd who s died she broke 700 years of tradition to become the first female speaker of the house of commons. and what does this bout between two more famous on social media than in the ring mean for the future of boxing? and coming up on sport on the bbc news channel, all set for a grandstand finish in new zealand as jack leach gives england the chance of a historic win in wellington. but will it be the last cheap upgrade for some time? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. historic, a breakthrough, a landmark the words of the pr
or weeks. will that be the real test? some cautiousness - or weeks. will that be the real| test? some cautiousness while businesses look at the details on what requirements will be to send goods through the new streamlined green lane. probably what we will see the detail around the deal we will need to understand what the agreement actually is. do you think you will be agreement actually is. do you think you will be reassured i agreement actually is. do you think you will be reassured by this. ~ , ., think you will be reassured by this. ~ , y this. we will be asking gb traders to this. we will be asking gb traders to do this. we will be asking gb traders to do things - this. we will be asking gb traders to do things they l this. we will be asking gb - traders to do things they don t do for the rest of the uk, they don t have to be part of the trading scheme for scotland, in wales, for a small part of the market we will be asking them tojoin market we will be asking them to join s
this haulage firm is one of many now waiting to see the detail in the new deal, and how far it will go in reducing those barriers. if there is enough friction removed by the new green lane, we should see some bounce back. if this removes enough friction we will bounce back almost within days and weeks. would that be the real test? that will be the real test. but there is cautiousness while businesses wait to see how cumbersome the requirements might be to send goods through the new streamlined green lane. from the announcement what we really need to see now is the detail around the deal. we need to understand how green the green lane actually is. do you think suppliers in gb will be reassured by this? remember, we will be asking gb traders to do things that they don t do for the rest of the uk. they don t have to be part of a trusted trader scheme for england, scotland or wales, so for a small amount of the market we will be asking them to join schemes, provide data, potentially be aud