Westminster’s threat to impose reforms further deepens divisions among parties in Stormont’s power-sharing coalitionDowning Street and Sinn Féin are on a collision course over a government minister’s warning that London might impose austerity cuts on welfare in Northern Ireland. Ahead of the Northern Ireland assembly’s resumption on Monday,the deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, or warned against any accelerate by Westminster to implement welfare reforms over the head of the devolved power-sharing executive in Belfast.
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Source: theguardian.com