Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has welcomed the decision by International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to establish an independent Trade and Agriculture Commission to advise on post-Brexit agriculture trade policy.

The local economy has clearly been hit hard by Covid-19. My Department responded quickly, getting hundreds of millions of pounds out to businesses to keep them afloat. We have now published our economic recovery plan and have our efforts firmly on recovery and regrowth.

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has announced that Disability Action Transport Services will resume passenger transport activities from 1 July.

Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has set out an ambitious programme aimed at addressing housing stress, providing housing solutions and supporting those in greatest need.

The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) 2019 statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency.