NI Minister Steve Baker continues to urge a return to power sharing after meeting Irish counterparts.
Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has been "relentless" in his efforts to restore devolved government, Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker has said.
The DUP, Northern Ireland's largest unionist party, walked out of government at Stormont 20 months ago in protest over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland., was agreed by the UK and EU in February but the DUP said it did not address all of its concerns. "The secretary of state's core priority is the restoration of the institutions and that is why he is relentless in his efforts to get Stormont back up and running so that the necessary decisions can be taken to improve public services... my goodness, every time I visit I see how necessary it is."
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