Stormont vote mechanism reform ‘could be helpful’ to avoid handing DUP veto

Reform of a contentious Stormont voting mechanism could be "helpful" in addressing concerns about handing the DUP a veto over post-Brexit arrangements, the Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith has suggested.

Stormont vote mechanism reform ‘could be helpful’ to avoid handing DUP veto

Reform of a contentious Stormont voting mechanism could be "helpful" in addressing concerns about handing the DUP a veto over post-Brexit arrangements, the Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith has suggested.

It comes after Tánaiste Simon Coveney strongly ruled out prime minister Boris Johnson's proposal to give the Northern Ireland Assembly the power to sign-off on all-island regularity alignment.

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