UK Government to assure DUP on NI status amid Supreme Court judgment concerns

The UK Government aims to address DUP concerns over a Supreme Court judgment on Northern Ireland’s constitutional status as part of efforts to convince the party to sign up to its new Brexit deal. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris insisted the shape of the Windsor Framework agreement the UK struck with the EU was in the “right space”, but the Government could take other actions to reassure unionists who still have doubts about the new proposals for Irish Sea trade.