SF should lose parliamentary allowances, says unionist

Sinn Féin MPs should be stripped of their parliamentary allowances if the British government cancels the salaries and allowances of Assembly members in the absence of the restoration of devolution in November, it was claimed today.

Political parties in the North have been given until November 24 to strike a deal for the return of the power-sharing Assembly at Stormont. If they fail to do so Tony Blair says he will wind up the Assembly and stop all payments.