DUP unlikely to reach decision on revised Northern Ireland deal until April

Party has launched consultation process to decide whether to back Rishi Sunak’s Windsor framework

The Democratic Unionist party is unlikely to make a decision on whether to support Rishi Sunak’s deal with the EU to revise the Northern Ireland protocol until April.

The party has just launched a consultation process with an eight-person panel including former party leaders, Lady Arlene Foster and Peter Robinson.