Deadline passed last week for forming a power-sharing government after elections in May

The UK government will not call fresh elections in Northern Ireland before the end of the year and will announce next week how it intends to proceed beyond that, the Northern Ireland secretary has said.

The deadline passed last week for forming a power-sharing government after elections in May, and Britain’s minister for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, said at the time that he was legally obliged to call new elections within 12 weeks.

Deadline passed last week for forming a power-sharing government after elections in MayThe UK government will not call fresh elections in Northern Ireland before the end of the year and will announce next week how it intends to proceed beyond that, the Northern Ireland secretary has said.The deadline passed last week for forming a power-sharing government after elections in May, and Britain’s minister for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, said at the time that he was legally obliged to call new elections within 12 weeks. Continue reading…