Alliance proposes Stormont reforms to end veto on executive formation

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long (Liam McBurney/PA)

The Alliance Party is to propose a series of reforms to British and Irish governments that would end the ability of any Stormont party to veto the formation of an executive.

The paper being prepared by the cross-community party also outlines changes to voting systems within both the Assembly chamber and at the Executive table to ensure votes cast by MLAs who consider themselves neither unionist nor nationalist are given the same weight as others.