UK government announces Stormont Brake will not be used over change of EU law

The British government has announced the Stormont Brake mechanism of the Windsor Framework will not be pulled to halt the appliance of updated EU rules on packaging and labelling of chemicals which apply in Northern Ireland.

Northern Secretary Hilary Benn said the tests had not been met to initiate the oversight mechanism contained in the UK and EU’s deal over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson urged the British government to “stand up for Northern Ireland”, insisting the decision is wrong.

But the North’s First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, called for pragmatism in dealing with trading issues which arose as a result of Brexit.

Unionists in the Northern Assembly had requested in December that the UK government consider applying the brake over the EU amending legislation which will apply to the labelling and…

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