Ulster Unionist leader says all NI parties should take part in future talks

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie said he hoped that all political parties from Northern Ireland would take part in future talks with the Government. Reacting to the row after Sinn Fein refused to attend talks with the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly because leader Mary Lou McDonald was not invited, Mr Beattie said: “Roundtable talks are best on when all of the five main parties are there.