Vote boost on marriage and abortion in NI

MOVE Stella Creasy MPs have voted to pave the way for abortion and same-sex marriage reform in Northern Ireland.

An amendment by Labour’s Stella Creasy and Conor McGinn to an obscure Northern Ireland bill being rushed through was approved 207 to 117.

Stormont has been without an executive since January 2017 and the bill will give civil servants greater clarity over what decisions they can take.

The amendment gives the Government power to direct officials on “incompatability” of human rights law and curbs on abortion and gay marriage.

Ms Creasy said: “People in Northern Ireland need to hear their lives are not going to be the casualty of the chaos we’re seeing.”