A £400m pot left unallocated by Stormont is going to be used to cover ongoing spending by departments.
Meanwhile, Mr Murphy said the pot of money left unspent at Stormont due to the ongoing political stalemate now stands at £421 million. [...] A draft three-year budget along with £300m in unallocated funding from the UK Treasury was left on the Executive table when Paul Givan resigned as first minister in February as part of the DUP’s protest over the Northern Ireland Protocol.