DUP ‘continuing to engage with government’ amid Stormont speculation

Downing Street expressed hope the Stormont impasse could soon be resolved, while Taoiseach Leo Varadkar described the meeting as a “positive sign”.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, deputy leader Gavin Robinson and Emma Little-Pengelly (PA)

The DUP has said it is “continuing to engage with government” amid speculation senior members had discussed returning to Stormont.

Party officers met on Friday amid mounting speculation that the DUP is preparing to make a call on whether or not to accept a UK government deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements.