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Evening Standard
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David Young

EXPLAINED: December date pencilled in for stormont vote on post brexit trade arrangements | Vintage Vibes

The framework require checks and customs paperwork on goods moving from Great Britain into Northern Ireland (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Archive)

A Stormont vote on continuing post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland has been pencilled in for December 10, the Assembly’s speaker has said.

The democratic consent process is a key element of the UK and EU’s Windsor Framework deal and is designed to give local elected representatives a say on the contentious trade rules that now operate in the region.

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