Parties accused of game playing over policing issue

Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin were accused tonight of playing a game of pass the parcel over the policing issue in the North.

As the British and Irish governments continued efforts to break the deadlock over policing, nationalist SDLP Policing Board member Alex Attwood claimed the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin were trying to shift the blame for the impasse onto other parties.