✅ DUP accused of stopping deal to restore Assembly by Christmas

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✍ Northern Secretary Julian Smith and Tánaiste Simon Coveney have blamed the negative reaction of the DUP for scuppering a deal that could have restored the Northern Executive and Assembly before Christmas. Mr Smith said on Thursday night that four of Northern Ireland’s five main parties were prepared to sign up to a document outlining an agreement to reinstate Stormont by Monday after a hiatus of almost three years. Ratcheting up the pressure on the DUP, he indicated that the British government was prepared to provide significant funding to deal with issues such as Northern Ireland’s health service crisis, which saw nurses go on strike this week. Talks on restoring powersharing began on Monday following the UK general election, and Mr Smith said he wanted to publish the text of an agreement on Thursday night or Friday, but that the DUP was not prepared to sign up to it at this stage. He said the number of outstanding issues was “extremely limited” and that while some further ne ...
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