Northern Irish leaders offered £2.5bn package in bid to revive Stormont

Northern Ireland secretary meets party leaders and increases pressure on DUP to drop power-sharing boycott

UK ministers have offered Northern Ireland a financial package that they say is worth £2.5bn on condition that the Stormont executive is revived.

Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary, made the offer at a roundtable meeting of party leaders on Monday against a backdrop of political deadlock, budget overruns and crumbling public services.