A Stormont minister has criticised the “ huge ” operating costs of Northern Ireland Protocol checks as he outlined the multimillion-pound bill for the first year in operation. Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots detailed around £8.65 million of expenditure throughout 2021, but said other costs outside of his department meant the overall total was significantly higher.Mr Poots, who last week ordered a unilateral halt to the agri-food checks, was responding to a Stormont Assembly question posed by Tr
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2022-02-09 00:00:00.0