Overview

• DUP interim leader Gavin Robinson calls for unionist cooperation to avoid vote splitting.
• Sinn Féin aims to leverage public discontent over austerity and Brexit impacts.
• Alliance Party targets key seats held by DUP, including East Belfast and Lagan Valley.
• Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie rejects unionist pacts, commits to fielding candidates in all constituencies.
• TUV and Reform UK form electoral alliance, focusing on anti-Brexit trade barriers.