DUP making ‘progress’ in post-Brexit trade talks, says Donaldson

Donaldson told the party’s conference in Belfast on Saturday he wished to restore devolved government. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) is making “progress” in talks with the UK government over post-Brexit trading arrangements but the party will not revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland unless its fundamental concerns are addressed, Jeffrey Donaldson has said.

The DUP leader told the party’s conference in Belfast on Saturday he wished to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland but would “not be afraid to say no” to any deal he deemed inadequate.