Sunak holds back Northern Ireland protocol deal amid concerns from DUP and Tory Brexiters – UK politics live

Latest updates: DUP ministers and hardline Brexiters in Tory party worried that PM has compromised too far with EU

Angus Robertson, cabinet secretary for the constitution, external affairs and culture in the Scottish government, and for 10 years leader of the SNP group at Westminster, has ruled out standing to replace Nicola Sturgeon as party leader and first minister.

In a message posted on Twitter, he says that as the father of two very young children “the time is not right for me and my family to take on such a huge commitment”.

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