UK gives Northern Ireland a new deadline to revive its collapsed government as cost of living soarsJILL LAWLESSJanuary 23, 2024 at 11:47 AMLONDON (AP) — The U.K. government on Tuesday gave Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore the collapsed regional government in Belfast, after a deadline this month passed without an end to the deadlock.The extension comes amid signs Northern Ireland's largest British unionist party is close to deciding whether to end a boycott that has kept the power-sharing administration on ice for almost two years.The British government is legally obliged to call new Northern Ireland elections now…
