Politicians from Northern Ireland have clashed over health funding and the reform of power-sharing in the final TV debate of the general election campaign.
The election is taking place on 4 July with 18 seats available in Northern Ireland. Representatives from each of the five main parties took part in the debate on Thursday evening.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson, Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Colum Eastwood, Alliance leader Naomi Long and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) deputy leader Robbie Butler took questions from a live audience.
Source: BBC
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