Sunak holds talks with NI political leaders on first visit to Belfast as British prime minister

British prime minister Rishi Sunak arriving at a hotel near Belfast where he is set to hold talks with Northern Ireland political leaders (Liam McBurney/PA)

British prime minister Rishi Sunak has met Northern Ireland political leaders amid the ongoing powersharing impasse at Stormont.

Mr Sunak held informal talks with senior representatives of the main parties at a hotel near Belfast at the start of his first visit to the region as prime minister.