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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Northern Ireland power sharing slips to 2023 as few relish a winter election

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris
Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris, says he is obliged to call an assembly election if an executive is not formed by 28 October. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

The UK has given a six-month deadline for the Northern Ireland protocol row to be resolved, indicating Liz Truss is far more relaxed about the absence of a devolved government in Stormont than previously indicated.

An April 2023 date for the resolution of the Brexit row emerged after a meeting between the prime minister and the US president, Joe Biden, and would coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday agreement.

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