Brexit deal: Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen agree new Northern Ireland protocol — follow latest

Rishi Sunak and the European Union have struck a landmark Brexit deal to reform the Northern Ireland protocol.

The prime minister and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, finalised the long-awaited agreement during a meeting at Windsor this afternoon.

“An agreement has been reached. The deal is done,” a senior Downing Street source said.

Von der Leyen will now go to meet the King at Windsor Castle while Sunak briefs his cabinet on the deal. Later this afternoon the two leaders will hold a press conference before Sunak heads to the Commons to try to sell the deal to his Brexiteer backbenchers and the Democratic Unionist Party.

He is also expected to travel to Belfast in the coming days to meet party leaders