Stormont parties to attend talks with Secretary of State on public finances

Hillsborough Castle, Belfast (Brian Lawless/PA)

Northern Ireland’s parties will attend talks with the Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris to discuss pressure on public finances as the powersharing impasse continues.

The Stormont Assembly and executive have been effectively collapsed for more than a year and a half amid DUP protest action over unionist concerns around post-Brexit trading arrangements.