Sinn Féin restates willingness to reform powersharing government

MLAs will return to Stormont at noon in a last-gasp bid to restore the executive before fresh Assembly elections are called.

The Stormont Assembly is set to be recalled today in a last ditch attempt to restore powersharing government before a fresh election is called (Liam McBurney/PA)

Sinn Féin has restated that it is willing to re-enter powersharing government in Northern Ireland ahead of a final effort to resurrect the Stormont Assembly.

However, the DUP appears to be standing firm that it will not participate until the London government takes action to address unionist concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol.