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Today the UK Government released a position paper setting out its proposals in relation to Northern Ireland and Ireland. Following on from negotiations with the EU in July, the UK Government's paper addresses:

  • upholding the Belfast ('Good Friday') Agreement;
  • maintaining the Common Travel Area and associated rights;
  • avoiding a hard border for the movement of goods; and
  • aiming to preserve North-South and East-West cooperation, including on energy.

Alongside this, the Government has published two additional data papers with figures on trade and the movement of people available here.

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