Stormont Assembly to sit in fresh bid to elect speaker

MLAs will try once again to elect a speaker on Monday (Liam McBurney/PA)

The Stormont Assembly will meet on Monday in a fresh bid to nominate a speaker after more than 30 MLAs signed a recall petition.

Following a motion from Sinn Féin, outgoing speaker Alex Maskey told MLAs that the purpose of Monday’s recall will be to elect a speaker, deputy speakers and to appoint a first minister and deputy first minister.