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    Stormont powersharing set to return after DUP executive backs deal

    by Jonathan McCambridge Jan 30, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Powersharing in Northern Ireland is set to return after the DUP party executive backed a Government deal aimed at addressing its concerns over post-Brexit trade barriers.

    DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he would drop the blockade on devolution at Stormont once the Government implemented the various legislative assurances and other measures it has offered his party.

    Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton Harris welcomed the step and made clear the Government would deliver on its end of the deal.

    Sir Jeffrey told reporters in a post-1am press conference in Co Down that he had secured the “decisive” backing of the 130-strong party executive during a marathon meeting on Monday night.

    He said DUP party officers – a key 12-strong decision making body – had also “mandated” him to move forward on the

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