Alliance leader Naomi Long has said she will not “stand by” as progress in Northern Ireland is frustrated and stymied.
The Stormont Justice Minister addressed her party’s annual conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast.
Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester who is seen as a possible challenger to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, also addressed the conference, which has the theme “hope not fear”.
Ms Long began her speech by thanking Mr Burnham for his attendance.
She said: “As someone from a northern industrial town, who grew up in a two-up two-down that opened straight out onto the street, I wonder if some of those in power are…