Health minister Maria Caulfield has played down suggests of a breakthrough over the Northern Ireland Protocol, amid signs of a possible Tory rebellion
There were suggestions over the weekend that Rishi Sunak had hoped to brief the cabinet on a deal this morning ahead of a lightning vote in parliament.Sammy Wilson, chief whip of the DUP - the largest unionist party in Northern Ireland - gave a flavour of why the pause button had been pressed when he spoke to Sky News yesterday morning.
If unionist opposition hardens, the chances Rishi Sunak can bring Brexiteers in his party with him - some of whom he met for talks yesterday - recedes. But unionists are unhappy with the trade barriers the protocol has created on goods moving between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK and believe the arrangement is threatening NI's place in the union.
Number 10 has remained tight-lipped about what is being discussed with Brussels, but a source said that central to Mr Sunak's focus was safeguarding Northern Ireland's place in the union.
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