Heaton-Harris to announce timing of MLA pay cut ‘very, very soon’

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris speaks to the media in Omagh, Co Tyrone.

Chris Heaton-Harris has said he will make a statement on when MLAs’ pay will be cut “very, very soon” and said that he believes a deal can be done on the protocol by January.

He made the comments as an Irish minister suggested the cut would take effect in January.