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Accepting the Windsor Framework is the only way for the DUP to move forward, a former adviser to David Trimble has said.

Accepting the Windsor Framework is the only way for the DUP to move forward, a former adviser to David Trimble has said.

Over the past week, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has become increasingly boxed in by his internal opponents.

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said decisions to administer the Windsor Framework from London show the need for the DUP to return to the Executive at Stormont as soon as possible.

Downing Street has denied the Government has received legal advice suggesting that meeting the DUP’s demands around the Windsor Framework would require “fundamentally changing” the deal and cannot be done in domestic law.

The Government has received independent legal advice which indicates that meeting the DUP’s demands around the Windsor Framework would require “fundamentally changing” the agreement and cannot be done in domestic law.

The DUP has dismissed a claim that it privately backed former prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

Plans that could see jam relabelled marmalade in Northern Ireland have been derided as “nonsense” by the DUP’s Sammy Wilson.

The UK’s Minister for Investment has said Northern Ireland’s dual market access to the UK and EU post-Brexit is a key attraction to investors, as he looked ahead to the investment summit.

The UK’s Minister for Investment has said Northern Ireland’s dual market access to the UK and EU post-Brexit is a key attraction to investors, as he looked ahead to the investment summit.