DUP rebuffs UK appeal to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says DUP will not budge unless protocol bill progresses through Westminster

The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) has rebuffed a British government appeal to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland despite the introduction of legislation to scrap post-Brexit checks in the Irish Sea.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP leader, on Tuesday welcomed the Northern Ireland protocol bill but said the party would revive the Stormont assembly only if the bill progressed at Westminster.