Labour condemns plan to allow ‘double-jobbing’ in Northern Ireland politics

Party vows to vote against proposal, which would allow DUP leader to work at Westminster and Stormont

Labour has called on the government to immediately withdraw a proposed law that would allow the Democratic Unionist party leader to double job" at Westminster and Stormont.

The shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Peter Kyle, said Labour would vote against the government and had tabled the amendment to the Northern Ireland (ministers, elections and petitions of concern) bill, having clearly failed the sufficient consensus" among Northern Ireland parties to support the move.