The Secretary of State should call a snap Assembly election if Stormont power-sharing is not restored by October, his Labour opposition counterpart has said.
Peter Kyle, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, said legislation requiring a poll "has to be followed" if no new Executive is formed by the October 28 deadline.
But he said it would be a "sign of real failure" if the public are asked to vote again this winter just months after the last Stormont election.
