DUP accused of delaying deal on devolved policing

Sinn Féin will crank up the pressure on the North's power-sharing government if there is no deal to devolve policing and justice powers, a senior republican signalled tonight.

The party's national chairman Declan Kearney stopped short of threatening the future of the Stormont administration, but accused unionists and the government of "playing fast and loose" with negotiations.