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Westminster ‘gaslighting’ Northern Irelanders over funding – DUP MP

Ministers have faced suggestions from the DUP that the UK Government has been “gaslighting” the people of Northern Ireland over funding. DUP MP Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) warned the “Barnett squeeze is getting greater”, while DUP colleague Gavin ...

10 May 2023 at 18:11

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland minister apologises for past ‘ferocious’ Brexit stance

A Northern Ireland minister who was previously a strident Brexit supporter has apologised for his former “ferocious” stance on negotiations with the EU. Steve Baker, previously a member of the pro-Brexit European Research Group of MPs, told the ...

02 Oct 2022 at 21:14

Local News

'You agreed the criteria', Causeway councillors told

A motion to defer a decision on awarding almost £400,000 as part of a tourism recovery scheme was defeated at a full meeting of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council last week. The motion, brought by Councillor Cara McShane, sparked heated ...

08 Apr 2021 at 06:00

Northern Ireland

Labour call to scrap ‘reckless’ NI Protocol Bill amid cost-of-living crisis

Labour has called on the Government to scrap the “reckless” Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to avoid “hitting the British people in their pockets”. Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy told the Commons that instead of finding a solution over ...

06 Sept 2022 at 15:07

Northern Ireland

Stormont Assembly election is ‘last resort’ – Sir Iain Duncan Smith

A fresh Stormont Assembly election is the “last resort”, a former leader of the Conservative Party has said. Sir Iain Duncan Smith was speaking after devolved government in Northern Ireland collapsed following months of ministers being ...

03 Nov 2022 at 16:19

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss to vote against Sunak’s Brexit deal

Northern Ireland

Johnson and Truss to vote against Sunak’s Brexit deal

Both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are to vote against Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal in Parliament, as the Prime Minister faced a growing Commons rebellion. The two former prime ministers will form part of an expected backbench rebellion ...

22 Mar 2023 at 11:09

Northern Ireland

New East-West council ‘will focus on the health of the union’, says Steve Baker

The UK East-West Council will focus on the “health of the union”, minister Steve Baker has said. The Northern Ireland Office minister welcomed the setting up of the council as part of the Safeguarding the Union document earlier ...

13 Mar 2024 at 18:48

Northern Ireland

Sunak facing rebellion from Tory hardliners over Stormont brake deal

Rishi Sunak is facing a damaging rebellion over his new deal on post Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland after Tory hardliners said they will be voting against the Government in the Commons on Wednesday. The ...

22 Mar 2023 at 13:22

Northern Ireland

Energy payment ‘more difficult to deliver’ without Stormont Executive – Baker

The delivery of a £400 energy payment to householders in Northern Ireland is more difficult without a Stormont Executive, it has been suggested. Discussions involving Stormont ministers and the London government have ...

09 Nov 2022 at 18:13

Northern Ireland

‘Urgent action needed’ over supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland

Urgent action is needed from the Government over the supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland to protect human and animal health, peers have said. The House of Lords cross-party Windsor Framework ...

30 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Budget to provide extra £130m for public spending in N Ireland, says Government

The Budget will provide an extra £130 million for public spending in Northern Ireland over the next two years, the Government has said. Other initiatives unveiled by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt for the region ...

15 Mar 2023 at 16:50

Northern Ireland

Stormont stalemate causing harm to the union, warns minister Steve Baker

Northern Ireland’s politicians must restore the devolved assembly to prevent harm to the union, a UK minister warned. Steve Baker urged DUP MPs to return to Stormont as the Commons gave its backing to a ...

05 Sept 2023 at 00:26

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