corruption a claim that has been rejected by the force s commissioner. the dups paul givan has been told that he will have to resign as first minister after a new party leader takes over. he is northern ireland s youngest first minister and before long he will also be the shortest serving leader to hold the post. mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the dup leader, edwin poots on thursday night. sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. the political commentator, sarah creighton, told me how the dup got itself into its current predicament. really this has been a disastrous number of weeks for the dup and its disastrous couple of days for the dup as well. really what has happened is that when edwin became the new dup leader sinn fein became concerned
more stability in the years to come. the dup s paul givan has been told that he will have to resign as first minister after a new party leader takes over. he is northern ireland s youngest first minister and before long he will also be the shortest serving leader to hold the post. mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the dup leader, edwin poots, on thursday night. sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. a little earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondentjulian fowler. he explained the latest from northern ireland. sirjeffrey donaldson expected to become the new leader, currently he is the favourite, and it was thought he would keep paul givan in position, as his removal will create some
the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. a little earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondentjulian fowler, who told me more about today s developments sirjeffrey donaldson expected to become the new leader, currently he is the favourite, and it was thought he would keep paul givan in position, as his removal will create some political instability. but edwin poots stepped down afterjust 21 days as dup leader over his decision to agree a deal with sinn fein to introduce irish language legislation, in order to nominate his close political ally paul givan as first minister. but with that decision for edwin poots to go, it means paul givan will have to go, too. jeffrey donaldson has made it clear he intends to leave westminster and come to stormont and lead the party as a first minister. what that will mean when paul givan
that assesses the police whether it can look into the issues raised. it is the kind of independent oversight the morgan family are calling for. the dups paul givan has been told that he will have to resign as first minister after a new party leader takes over. he is northern ireland s youngest first minister and before long he will also be the shortest serving leader to hold the post. mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the dup leader, edwin poots, on thursday night. sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. the political commentator, sarah creighton, told me how the dup got itself into its current predicament. really this has been a disastrous number of weeks for the dup and its disastrous couple of days for the dup as well. really what has happened is that when edwin became the new dup leader
frankly, it makes me angry. the home secretary, priti patel, told parliament the report was devastating. she has asked the independent body that assesses the police whether it can look into the issues raised. it is the kind of independent oversight the morgan family are calling for. the dups paul givan has been told that he will have to resign as first minister after a new party leader takes over. he is northern ireland s youngest first minister and before long he will also be the shortest serving leader to hold the post. mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the dup leader, edwin poots on thursday night. sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. the irish political commentator, sarah creighton, is with us now from belfast. thank you forjoining us here. on bbc news. this is all coming across