'Let's see then if that provides the basis for us to move towards the restoration of the political institutions.'
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said he expects to receive a "definitive response" from the UK Government over issues of concern he has raised about the Windsor Framework in the near future.
The DUP collapsed the Stormont executive last year in protest at post-Brexit trading arrangements created by the Northern Ireland Protocol. From the Northern Ireland Protocol to other thorny issues inside Stormont and exclusive interviews - we’ve got you covered.Speaking at Stormont Castle, Sir Jeffrey said: "We continue to engage with the Government. After the Windsor Framework we set out our position. We indicated continuing concerns that we had."
"But we must address the concerns that have been raised about how this Windsor Framework is going to work in practice, the impact it will have on our ability to trade with the rest of the United Kingdom and resolving those problems. "I hope that changes, I hope we do have a reformed executive, but I don't think anybody was sitting in that meeting today under any illusions that anything had changed in terms of the DUP and the British Government's game of chicken."
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