British government introduces budget for Northern Ireland

The British government outlined a budget for Northern Ireland on Monday for the first time in a decade in a major step toward imposing direct rule after attempts to form a power-sharing government in Belfast collapsed.There is a risk the civil service could run out of money unless the British government passes the bill in Westminster before the end of the month, Britain's minister for the region James Brokenshire told parliament.Irish Nationalists Sinn Fein and the pro-British Democratic Unionis