UK Pushes to Close Deal to Restore N. Ireland Power-Sharing
- DUP says it will end boycott subject to UK delivering on offer
- Unionists quit devolved government in 2022, triggering turmoil
Chris Heaton-Harris
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The UK government is working to close a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party after it agreed to end its two-year boycott of the region’s power-sharing government over post-Brexit trading rules.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris will hold meetings with political parties and said the government will on Wednesday publish details of the package of incentives it offered the DUP to end its protest, including a £3.3 billion ($4.2 billion) funding boost. A meeting Tuesday between the DUP, Sinn Fein, Alliance and the Ulster Unionist Party at Stormont Castle, east of Belfast, broke up without setting a date for re-forming the assembly and government.