The leader of the DUP said the party is "ready to fight" in an election after a meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland at Westminster.The deadline for forming a ministerial executive is looming, but Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told reporters there is "still some way to go" in solving the problems over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The leader of the DUP said the party is "ready to fight" in an election after a meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland at Westminster.The deadline for forming a ministerial executive is looming, but Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told reporters there is "still some way to go" in solving the problems over the Northern Ireland Protocol.