Northern Ireland Protocol paperwork cost £506m

1 release from 1 party, 24 February 2023.

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1. Protocol bureaucracy costing £506m - Government official figure.

   • DUP
   • 24 February 2023
   • Criticism
   • Criticises the uk government or a uk minister
   • Contains a proposal

   DUP East Londonderry Gregory Campbell says FCDO figures show the Northern Ireland Protocol paperwork has cost £506m (£16.8m a month) since August 2020, money that could fund nurses, teachers and firefighters, and calls for the Protocol to be replaced with arrangements that restore NI’s place in the

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