‘We must restore UK sovereignty’ says Tory leadership hopeful Suella Braverman in message over Northern Ireland Protocol

In a tweet on Monday morning, the UK’s Attorney General said the Protocol “isn’t working and the legislation designed to tackle it needs to be improved”.

She added: “We must restore UK sovereignty and safeguard the Belfast Agreement. That means dealing with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

“As Prime Minister, the EU would have no more say over taxes in Northern Ireland, and I would stop the direct flow of dynamic EU law into the province.”

Her remarks follow the line taken by former Remainer and rival Tory candidate Jeremy Hunt who yesterday also said the Protocol needed to be replaced.

Ms Braverman, as the UK’s chief law officer, has previously said that scrapping the Protocol would be legal because the EU’s implementation of the post-Brexit agreement had been “disproportionate and unreasonable”.

She has described the Belfast Agreement as having “primordial significance” which overrides the importance of the Protocol.