Latest updates: health secretary holds talks with Royal College of Nursing as NI protocol deal announcement draws closer
Johnny Mercer, the veterans minister, was the government voice on the media this morning. Asked about the Northern Ireland protocol, he said Rishi Sunak was “not going to sell anyone out”. He told Sky News:
Let’s give the prime minister a chance to come out with something.
He’s attacking this, he is throwing everything he can. He voted for and campaigned hard for Brexit, right?
Sunak has still not unveiled his Northern Ireland protocol deal, but an announcement on Thursday seems possible, and the PM is said to be increasingly willing to ignore DUP/ERG objections. Our story on that is here.
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