Johnson to tell Northern Ireland’s politicians: ‘Get back to work’

Stormont has been unable to sit after the DUP blocked the election of a Speaker (PA)

Boris Johnson will urge Northern Ireland’s politicians to get powersharing back up and running as the Government seeks to resolve the deadlock with Brussels over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

The British Prime Minister will travel to Belfast on Monday for a series of crisis talks after the DUP blocked the election of a Speaker at the Stormont Assembly, preventing it from sitting.