DUP set for crunch meeting over decision to return to Stormont

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is expected to meet his party officers on Friday (Liam McBurney/PA)

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson will meet senior party colleagues ahead of a potential decision on whether to return to the powersharing institutions at Stormont, political sources have indicated.

The crunch meeting is expected to take place on Friday, with one senior DUP source saying “it is clear decision time has arrived”.