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Northern Ireland is set to benefit from £300m in extra funding for economic growth deals, in plans set to be announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Mr Johnson is expected to confirm the funding during a visit to Scotland later on Monday.
Downing Street has also said the prime minister is planning to visit Northern Ireland on a date yet to be confirmed.
His visit will be to "discuss ongoing talks to restore the executive".
Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government since the collapse of the power-sharing institutions in 2017.
The £300m growth deals funding will be shared across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The government said the Northern Ireland funding would be to support growth deals in "mid south west Northern Ireland and Causeway Coast and Glens" and also to complete a deal for Londonderry and the north west.
Belfast City Deal, which proposes to invest £350m into Belfast and six surrounding council areas, has already been agreed.
Analysis: New PM's tour bringing cheer via cash
by Enda McClafferty, BBC News NI political correspondent
Boris Johnson is on a mission to lift the mood of the country and as part of that plan he is bringing a pot of money around the devolved regions.
It includes a share of £300m to stimulate new investment in regions such as Causeway Coast and Glens and the south-west of Northern Ireland, where projects have been earmarked for funding.
As part of his tour of the union, which begins today in Scotland, Boris Johnson will at some stage travel to Northern Ireland to get the latest on the talks aimed at restoring devolution.
That process will continue later on Monday, as the new Secretary of State Julian Smith holds talks with all the political parties at Stormont.
Ahead of his visit to Scotland, Mr Johnson said "it is vital we renew the ties that bind our United Kingdom" and that the growth deals would "open up opportunities".
Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith said he was looking forward to "building on the success we have had agreeing a city deal for Belfast and the progress we have made on a deal for Derry-Londonderry".