Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has signed an agreement with European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen to introduce the Windsor Framework, subject to parliamentary approval, which will replace the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The framework will remove some of the barriers to trade, including free access to trade medicines, plants and some foodstuffs, including sausages. It will replace over 1,700 EU laws with UK laws, meaning the people of Northern Ireland will benefit from the same tax policies, medicines and trade as the rest of the UK.

The agreement will introduce ‘free-flowing’ trade between the UK and Northern Ireland through two new routes for goods.

There will be red and green routes for inbound trade depending on whether goods are destined for Northern Ireland only or for the EU.