Northern Ireland's second largest party walked out of the power-sharing executive 19 months ago.
Steve Baker said if Northern Ireland was to stay in the union, it needed a governmentThe DUP is being pressured by a small number of hard-line unionists to stay out of government, NI minister Steve Baker has claimed.This was in protest at post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.
He appealed to those he referred to as hard-line unionists, saying: "If you want Northern Ireland in the union it's going to need a government, so please give it that government." Asked if December was the cut-off point, he said: "When you get into the New Year you are heading towards a general election."European Commission vice-president Maros Šefčovič, Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Belfast on Mondaydeal - struck by the UK government and EU earlier this year to reform the Northern Ireland Protocol - does not go far enough to address its concerns.
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