NI Brexit

The new agrifood deal means recently-built border control posts will have far less goods to inspect.

Jonathan Reynolds was speaking during a reception at Westminster for Northern Ireland businesses.

Garden centre owner, Robin Mercer, says the new UK-EU deal is "long overdue" as current arrangements have driven up costs.

A summit on Monday is expected to include an "agreement to agree" on trade issues.

Parcel companies need to be signed up to a trusted trader scheme because of the changes.

Concerns continue to rise about the supply of veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland post-Brexit.

The government decides the rule will be implemented as it will not create a new regulatory barrier between GB and NI.

The Belfast Works project, which trains people for work, is facing layoffs due to problems with UK government funding, it says.