Local government elections in Northern Ireland offer voters a "clear choice between delivery or dysfunction", Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said.
Launching his party's election manifesto in Belfast, Mr Beattie said councils are "vital, now more than ever, while Stormont remains mothballed".
He said unionist concerns over post-Brexit trade under the Northern Ireland Protocol cannot be ignored, but argued that power-sharing must be restored to "deal with the challenges".
