No option off the table on Northern Ireland protocol, Gove warns EU

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Senior minister leaves open possibility UK could pass law to disapply parts of framework

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Michael Gove has warned the EU that “no option is off the table”, including ignoring parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, after the UK argued the solution put forward by Brussels last October would worsen food shortages.

Gove, a senior cabinet minister, said it would not amount to tearing up the protocol but he left open the possibility that the UK could pass legislation to disapply parts of the controversial framework.

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