Jeffrey Donaldson to address DUP executive on Monday

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson outside Hillsborough Castle (Liam McBurney/PA)

The DUP’s executive has been summoned for a meeting with their leader Jeffrey Donaldson on Monday, amid speculation that the party is inching closer to a deal with the British government over post-Brexit trading arrangements, which could see them return to devolved government.

In an invite seen by the PA news agency, DUP party executive members were invited to register for a short-notice meeting at 7pm on Monday.