Latest Stormont powersharing deadline set to fall

The DUP has made clear it will only go back into government if significant changes are delivered on the Northern Ireland protocol (PA)

Another deadline for forming a devolved executive in Northern Ireland is set to fall by the wayside as the deadlock over post-Brexit trading arrangements continues.

If the Stormont parties do not agree to form an administration in Belfast on Thursday, the UK government assumes a legal duty at midnight to call a snap Assembly election in the region.