'Unconscionable' that Northern Ireland workers left without pay parity – McDonald

Powersharing institutions have been collapsed for almost two years as the DUP seeks further legislative assurances from the UK government

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has called on the DUP to return to the Stormont executive (Liam McBurney/PA)

It is “unconscionable” that workers in Northern Ireland will be left “in the lurch” over pay parity demands due to a failure to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said.

She said there will always be “a battle a day with the Tories as regards finances” but it is more effectively pursued from within a functioning Stormont executive.