DUP leader meets party members ahead of crunch gathering on Stormont return

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson (Liam McBurney/PA)

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been meeting party members ahead of a crunch gathering on Monday night over Government proposals aimed at ending Stormont’s powersharing impasse.

The DUP has been using a veto power to block Stormont’s devolved institutions for two years in protest at post-Brexit trading arrangements which have created trade barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.