The Alliance Party has claimed the DUP and Sinn Fein are not supporting the construction industry after Heathrow Airport up to £15 billion of contracts outside London.

Infrastructure spokesperson Kellie Armstrong said if they were not so determined to put party priorities before the public's an Executive would have been formed.

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She said: "We currently have no Minister for Infrastructure or functioning Executive to progress such a regionally significant investment project.

"If the DUP and Sinn Fein were not so determined to put party priorities before the public's, we would have an Executive able to take forward a bid to ensure Northern Ireland has a share of the £15 billion.

"This investment would support our construction industry at a time when it needs a substantial income boost. But the opportunity could now be lost without progress in the talks."

(CD)