DUP demand change to Belfast agreement as part of supply and confidence deal

The DUP has demanded amendments to a "cornerstone of the Belfast Agreement" in a bid to give extra protections to veterans.

DUP demand change to Belfast agreement as part of supply and confidence deal

The DUP has demanded amendments to a "cornerstone of the Belfast Agreement" in a bid to give extra protections to veterans.

The party's leader Arlene Foster watched on from the visitors' gallery in the House of Commons as chief whip Jeffrey Donaldson warned the Government benches that greater protections for ex-service personnel in the North formed "part of the confidence and supply deal".

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