i asked our northern ireland political editor, mark devenport, whether it had been inevitable that thet is quite right, the stormont assembly is in mothballs at the moment, none of the politicians are meeting and we had those talks that collapsed last month and after the collapse, officials in the stormont departments were really getting quite frantic, needing that clarity with the start of a new financial year looming, so karen bradley, the secretary of state, has stepped in now. she has set a budget which will allow for around £10 billion worth of expenditure over the course of the next financial year, which has been eased by that confidence and supply money, although these remain tight times, so there are still complaints from some of the parties. it is as you say slightly controversial, £410 million of that £1 billion package negotiated by the dup as part of the deal for supporting the conservatives. how does that go down with people there? people presumably support the idea of having more money for northern ireland? i think there will be a welcome from the voters for the fact the

let's get the thoughts of our northern ireland political editor, mark devenport... assembly is in mothballs at the moment, none of the politicians are meeting and we had those talks that collapsed last month and after the collapse, officials in the stormont departments were really getting quite frantic, needing that clarity with the start of a new financial year looming, so karen bradley, the secretary of state, has stepped in now. she has set a budget which will allow for around £10 billion worth of expenditure over the course of the next financial year, which has been eased by that confidence and supply money, although these remain tight times, so there are still complaints from some of the parties. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story: president trump pushes ahead with a 25% tax on imported steel and 10% on aluminium — with the measures coming into effect in 15 days. the former colombian rebel movement the farc is now a political party, and it says its candidate is dropping out of the presidential election in may because of ill health