Former senior police officer aiming for meteoric rise to UUP leader

UUP MLA Jon Burrows on the steps of the Parliament Buildings, Stormont (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

Former senior police officer Jon Burrows is enjoying one of the fastest political rises in Northern Ireland’s history.

From leading police in the region’s second city of Londonderry, Mr Burrows went on to head up the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s discipline branch.