Labour condemns plan to allow ‘double-jobbing’ in Northern Ireland politics

The DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, denied the party had done a deal with the UK government over the plan. Photograph: UK parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

Labour has called on the government to immediately withdraw a proposed law that would allow the Democratic Unionist party leader to “double job” at Westminster and Stormont.

The shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Peter Kyle, said Labour would vote against the government and had tabled the amendment to the Northern Ireland (ministers, elections and petitions of concern) bill, having “clearly failed the sufficient consensus” among Northern Ireland parties to support the move.