The Facts

The Intergovernmental Relations Review (IGR) was published in January 2022. It follows a process of joint review by the UK government and…

UK political parties hold their main annual conferences every autumn where politicians, party members and the party’s affiliated groups gather. Party conferences…

The Union Customs Code (UCC) is the rulebook for managing the external borders of the EU’s customs union. Read this fact to find out more.

The Northern Ireland protocol, formally called the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, is the part of the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU that ensures there is no hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland as a result of the UK leaving the EU.

This committee is one of 6 UK-EU committees set up by the Withdrawal Agreement to manage the implementation of different parts of that agreement.

The maximum facilitation proposals were a suggested solution to the problem of the need to create a border on the island of Ireland.

As the Brexit deal was negotiated between the EU and the UK Government, there was no meaningful say for the Welsh Parliament or the other devolved legislatures.

As the Brexit deal was negotiated between the EU and the UK Government, there was no meaningful say for the Scottish Parliament or the other devolved legislatures.

It refers to any physical infrastructure, that might be put in place along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is the main unionist party in Northern Ireland. It reached a ‘confidence and supply’ Agreement with the Conservative…

She is the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and First Minister in Northern Ireland.

Also known as the Belfast Agreement, the Good Friday Agreement is the peace agreement concluded on 10 April 1998 between the participants in multi-party talks in Northern Ireland.