UK should be neutral in a poll on Irish unification, says shadow minister

Labour's Louise Haigh says people of Northern Ireland should choose their future without sway from Westminster

A British government should remain neutral on the question of a united Ireland in the event of a border poll, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary has said.

Louise Haigh said it would be for the people of Northern Ireland to decide such an issue, arguing this was mandated in the Good Friday agreement which brought an end to the Troubles 23 years ago.