The moves will require legislation to be laid and passed at Westminster
The Secretary of State is set to extend a deadline for calling a fresh Stormont election and cut MLA pay, according to reports.
A failure to form a Stormont Executive since May's Assembly election currently places a legal responsibility on the UK Government to hold a poll by January 19. It has made clear it will not return to power-sharing until the protocol's economic barriers on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland are scrapped.The deadline to establish a new Executive lapsed on October 28, with the Government assuming a legal responsibility to hold a fresh poll within 12 weeks.
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