DUP opposed extent of Northern Ireland’s new Covid-19 restrictions – minister

Democratic Unionist Party MLA Edwin Poots (Liam McBurney/PA)

A DUP minister in the Stormont executive has criticised Northern Ireland’s latest coronavirus restrictions and claimed his party opposed several of them.

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said the DUP was essentially outnumbered by other parties in the powersharing coalition when it came to imposing measures that will see the hospitality sector closed for four weeks and schools for two.