Britain offers funds to revive Northern Ireland government

Britain proposed boosting Northern Ireland's strained budget on Monday on condition that the region's power-sharing government is restored, but most local parties said London's latest bid to end a near two-year stalemate falls short of what is required. Northern Ireland has been without a government since the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) walked out in protest over Britain's two attempts to settle post-Brexit trade rules for the region, which shares a land border with EU member Ireland. Any hope of restoring the mandatory devolved coalition – a centrepiece of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement that ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed – hinges on parallel talks between the DUP and London over the Brexit rules.