Real work starts now, Rishi Sunak tells Stormont leaders

Rishi Sunak with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and new appointed speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Edwin Poots arrived at Parliament Buildings at Stormont (Picture: Oliver McVeigh/PA)

British prime minister Rishi Sunak has told Stormont’s leaders the “real work starts now” as he held talks in Belfast after powersharing returned to Northern Ireland.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who is also at Stormont to mark the restoration of devolution, said it was a “very positive day”.