DUP leader backs apology over party members’ past LGBT remarks

DUP deputy leader Paula Bradley said that some of the things said by the party over the past 50 years had been “absolutely atrocious”.

Jeffrey Donaldson (Peter Morrison/PA)

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has apologised to the LGBT community for hurt caused by past remarks made by members of his party.

The party has opposed gay marriage which was legalised in Northern Ireland in 2020 following legislation passed by Westminster while the Stormont Assembly was collapsed.