There is no reason why an Assembly and Executive should not be re-established at Stormont now, Prime Minister Liz Truss has said.
Ms Truss has also said that she wants a settlement with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol which “works for everybody”.
The powersharing institutions at Stormont have been dormant for months due to a DUP protest against the terms of the protocol, which created trade barriers on goods being shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
