Order withdrawing UDA funds not carried out
The official order withdrawing British Government funding from the UDA has not yet been carried out, it emerged today.
The decision was made on Tuesday by Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie due to the loyalist paramilitary group's failure to decommission and end criminality.
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