Parties in the North accused of 'carving up power'

Sinn Féin and the DUP are behind a cynical carve-up of power, the UUP’s annual conference was told today.

Sinn Féin and the DUP are behind a cynical carve-up of power, this is according to the SDLP's Margaret Ritchie who was speaking at the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) annual conference today.

Ritchie said that the majority parties were trying to create a stranglehold on government.

The Social Development Minister was speaking during a meeting in Belfast attended by hundreds of grassroots UUP members.

“People can see the difference between those who want to work in partnership for a better, shared future and those who want a cynical carve-up so that they can dominate everyone else,” she said.

“Attempts by anyone to establish a stranglehold in government must be resisted by all of us here," she added.