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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
By Mícheál Ó Scannáil

‘It’s about principle’ – Carla Lockhart defends quitting as DUP party officer

DUP MP Carla Lockhart and loyalist activist Jamie Bryson led an Orange Order parade in Portadown, Co Armagh (PA) - (PA Wire)

DUP MP Carla Lockhart has defended her decision to resign as a party officer amid a deepening row with the leadership over the future of Stormont.

Ms Lockhart’s move comes amid a difference of opinion between her and DUP leader Gavin Robinson on whether the party should withdraw deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly from the powersharing executive.

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