The Northern Ireland Secretary has invited Stormont leaders to engage in fresh talks ahead of a looming election deadline
in the region.Mr Heaton-Harris convened similar round table discussions with the parties last month as he moved to intensify efforts to resolve the current powersharing deadlock at Stormont.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also travelled to Belfast last month to discuss the political logjam with Stormont leaders.
Taosieach Leo Varadkar, who was reappointed as Taoiseach for a second term last month, is due to visit Northern Ireland before the deadline. The region's largest unionist party has blocked the formation of a new administration following May's Assembly election and prevented the Assembly meeting to conduct legislative business as part of its protest over the Irish Sea trading arrangements.
Mr Heaton-Harris has cut the pay of MLAs by 27.5% to reflect the fact they are currently not doing their jobs as legislators.
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