Brexit Brief 143

The political impasse in Northern Ireland continues, with NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris forced to introduce a budget in the absence of Ministers at Stormont. In London, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing Brexit-related difficulties on two fronts, with business circles demanding practical actions on issues such as immigration while, within the Tory Party, the ERG and other hardliners have staged a backlash to suggestions that he might be considering a return to Theresa May’s ill-fated ‘Chequers Plan’.