outlined by the uk government today as brutal and damaging. however, the government says, in order to provide some protection to front line services, stormont can have longer to repay an overspend from last year. the budget would normally be set by stormont, but the democratic unionist party is currently blocking power sharing in protest against post brexit trading arrangements. live now to our ireland correspondent chris page. the politicians aren t sitting in the assembly at stormont so, essentially, this was all set up by westminster. westminster. that s right. the westminster westminster. that s right. the westminster government - westminster. that s right. the westminster government said | westminster. that s right. the. westminster government said it shouldn t have been setting a budget at all for this part of the uk but it had no option because there is no devolved, regional, government in northern ireland. the power sharing assembly based at stormont, just outside belfast,
succeed in 1998 when so many had failed before? i believe that s because people on all sides showed courage, imagination and perseverance. first, those who work for peace who had the courage to keep going despite daily threats to them and theirfamilies keep going despite daily threats to them and their families and the political courage to take risks in pursuit of a higher goal. john hume over his entire career never relented in his insistence on non violence. david trimble took enormous risks to do what he thought was right for the union and they were rightly honoured as the pre eminent architects of peace with a joint nobel peace prize. gerry adams and martin mcguinness persuaded republicans to join a constitutional power sharing assembly and encouraged by the intensive efforts of mo mowlam, the leaders of loyalism also lend their
on northern ireland, known as the windsor framework. what s your top priority on this trip, sir? make sure the irish accords and the windsor agreement stay in place. keep the peace. that s the main thing. and it looks like we re going to, keep your fingers crossed. the agreement announced at windsor is designed to bring back the devolved government at stormont. the democratic unionist party is blocking the power sharing assembly from sitting in protest against brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. president biden will meet local politicians, but it s likely to be brief. he doesn t want to get into the detail of the political difficulties that have beset northern ireland in recent times. i think what he will do is talk up the positive, the fact that we ve had 25 years of peace, the fact that northern ireland s a much better place now than it was 25 years ago. the only public events of president biden s visit
pictures as air force one arrived. rishi sunak led the welcoming party. he ll have a longer meeting with president biden later today. before he left america, the president said he wanted to promote the new deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland, known as the windsor framework. what s your top priority on this trip, sir? make sure the irish accords and the windsor agreement stay in place. keep the peace. that s the main thing. and it looks like we re going to, keep your fingers crossed. the agreement announced at windsor is designed to bring back the devolved government at stormont. the democratic unionist party is blocking the power sharing assembly from sitting in protest against brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. president biden will meet local politicians, but it s likely to be brief. he doesn t want to get into the detail of the political difficulties that have beset northern ireland in recent times. i think what he will do is talk up the positive,