Stormont Impasse to End as DUP Accepts Deal

Published on January 30, 2024

The government in Northern Ireland is set to be restored following a two-year suspension after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) reached an agreement with Westminster. The DUP withdrew from the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive on Feb. 3, 2022 over disagreements around the UK’s Brexit deal, effectively collapsing the executive. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he’s “pleased to report” that the party executive—a key 12-strong decision-making body—has endorsed the government’s deal. The endorsement is subject t0 “binding commitments” between the DUP and London “being fully and faithfully delivered as agreed, including the tabling and passing of new legislative measures in Parliament, and final agreement on a timetable,” he told reporters....

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