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'No recess on efforts to restore devolution' - Colum Eastwood

SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has said there can be no summer recess on efforts to restore devolution in the North. His remarks came following a meeting with British Secretary of State Chris Heaton Harris at Westminster on Wednesday. Mr Eastwood ...

21 Jul 2023 at 10:00

National News

Lack of devolution could put NI on path to joint British/Irish rule, MPs told

Westminster will not make decisions on governing Northern Ireland without consent from the Irish government, a former Alliance Party leader has said. Lord John Alderdice told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that he believed direct rule ...

07 Jun 2023 at 16:55

Northern Ireland

MPs to examine how well UK ministers understand devolution

An inquiry to determine how well the UK Government understands and considers devolution has been launched by a Westminster committee. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will seek to examine how UK ministers have ...

09 Jun 2023 at 00:01

National News

Time is running out for restoration of devolution, warns Alliance MLA

Public services and communities in Northern Ireland are facing a “perfect storm” as the region’s mounting financial problems are compounded by the ongoing Stormont impasse, an MLA has warned. Alliance representative Andrew Muir was ...

07 Jun 2023 at 11:49

Northern Ireland

‘Dysfunctional’ NI devolution has failed officers and citizens – police group

A policing representative group has said that the “dysfunctional manner” and “unnecessary red tape” of the devolved institutions has failed officers and the people of Northern Ireland. The Police Federation for Northern Ireland ...

12 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

Stormont Assembly members’ pay to be cut by 27.5% from January 1

The Northern Ireland Secretary confirmed a pay cut for Stormont Assembly members will come into force in January as he moved to further extend an election deadline in the region. Chris Heaton-Harris will reduce MLA salaries by ...

08 Dec 2022 at 14:13

National News

Government must follow through on threat to call NI election – Sinn Fein

The Government must follow through with its threat to call an election in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein has insisted. Former Sinn Fein finance minister Conor Murphy was commenting after Northern Ireland Secretary Chris ...

31 Oct 2022 at 17:24

Northern Ireland

Alderdice sought advice on going to Washington DC during Stormont suspension

Former Stormont speaker Lord John Alderdice wrote to Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson in 2000 seeking advice on whether he should attend St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the US at a time when the ...

22 Aug 2024 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Starmer hails need to collaborate at first Council of Nations and Regions summit

The Prime Minister has said it is important to “harness” the different identities within the UK as the first meeting of the Council of Nations and Regions took place in Scotland. The body was formed by ...

11 Oct 2024 at 14:03

Northern Ireland

Nations and regions talks moved UK ‘down the road’ in boosting growth – Starmer

The Council of the Nations and Regions has moved the UK “a long way down the road” towards more jobs and investment, the Prime Minister has said. The body met for the first time in Edinburgh on Friday,...

11 Oct 2024 at 15:41

Northern Ireland

DUP and Alliance leaders Robinson and Long in titanic tussle in East Belfast

In a contest that pits political big-hitters Gavin Robinson and Naomi Long head to head, both are keen to dismiss talk of a grudge match. But there is undoubtedly an extra edge to the race in East ...

30 Jun 2024 at 15:47

Northern Ireland

Warning of ‘inertia, delay and uncertainty’ without Internal Market Act changes

Devolved governments face “years of inertia, delay and uncertainty” without reforms being made to a key piece of post-Brexit legislation, campaigners have claimed. A new report for Scottish ...

22 Jan 2025 at 00:01

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