By Lisa O’Carroll Brexit correspondent
Special trade arrangements will apply from 1 January whether Johnson strikes deal or not
The UK will have a “catastrophe” on its hands unless Boris Johnson and cabinet ministers stop repeatedly claiming that there will be no checks in the Irish Sea as part of the special Brexit arrangements, manufacturing leaders and local politicians have warned.
“If they don’t there is going to a horrible crash at the end of this year, and if not, then in four years,” said Stephen Kelly, the chief executive of the business group Manufacturing Northern Ireland.
Source: UK faces ‘catastrophe’ if Tories continue with ‘no checks in Irish Sea’ claim
