Northern Ireland assembly election to be delayed again
by Lisa O'Carroll from World news | The Guardian on (#68PM5)
Move by NI secretary means Stormont could continue to be in abeyance until April 2024
Elections for the Northern Ireland assembly are to be delayed again, with a new deadline of 18 January next year for the Democratic Unionist party to return to power-sharing, the government has announced.
The decision to delay the formation of an executive means Stormont could legally be in abeyance until 11 April 2024, 12 weeks after the government will be obliged to call an election under the proposed law.
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