SDLP to propose speaker election amendment in bid to restore Assembly sittings

The DUP has refused to nominate ministers to the executive since the Assembly election last May (Liam McBurney/PA)

The SDLP is to propose a procedural tweak intended to allow Northern Ireland Assembly sittings to resume.

There has been stalemate at Stormont, with the DUP refusing to participate in nominating a new speaker which would allow sittings to proceed.