A new post-Brexit trading arrangement for Northern Ireland has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle after MPs voted in its favour.
Despite opposition from some Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 515 politicians voted in favour of implementing the new Windsor Framework’s “Stormont brake”—with 29 opposing the UK-EU agreed mechanism.
In total, 22 Conservatives rebelled to vote against the Stormont brake regulations.
They included former party chairman Sir Jake Berry, former Cabinet minister Simon Clarke, and former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss—both of whom had earlier signalled their intention to do so.
Six DUP MPs, along with independent MP Andrew Bridgen, also opposed the regulations….