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£2.5bn financial package to restore Stormont a short-term sugar rush – Farry

A Government offer of a £2.5 billion financial package to support the return of the Stormont executive is a “short-term sugar rush”, Alliance Party deputy leader Stephen Farry has said. Representatives from the five main Stormont parties will return ...

12 Dec 2023 at 09:39

Northern Ireland

Robin Swann to switch constituencies in bid to unseat DUP MP

Former Stormont health minister Robin Swann has put his name forward to be the Ulster Unionist Party’s (UUP) candidate in South Antrim in the next general election. Mr Swann, currently an MLA in North Antrim, will attempt to switch constituencies ...

26 Jan 2024 at 09:26

Local News

Steve Aiken announces he is to resign as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party

Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken has announced his resignation. Mr Aiken will remain in the position until a successor is chosen. The announcement from the South Antrim MLA comes amid growing internal UUP concern at his leadership. Mr Aiken ...

08 May 2021 at 14:10

Northern Ireland

Standards Committee recommends sanction against Steve Aiken

Former UUP leader Dr Steve Aiken has been recommended for exclusion from Assembly proceedings for two sitting days over an “egregious breach” of the members’ code of conduct. The Committee for Standards and Privileges has tabled a motion in ...

30 Apr 2024 at 18:54

Northern Ireland

Government fiscal plans a Thatcherite-on-steroids budget, says Murphy

Government plans for wide-ranging tax cuts are a “Thatcherite-on-steroids” budget, Stormont’s finance minister Conor Murphy has said. The Sinn Fein minister, who wrote to the Treasury earlier this week seeking targeted support for ...

23 Sept 2022 at 15:30

Northern Ireland

Department accused of ‘farcical’ handling of proposed Assembly consent vote

A Stormont department has been accused of “farcical” handling of a process to secure Assembly approval for a Westminster Bill after it emerged it is now too late for MLAs to have a meaningful vote on the law change. Some members ...

28 May 2025 at 23:02

Northern Ireland

McAllister vows not to back down in apology stand-off after Assembly ejection

Alliance MLA Nuala McAllister has insisted she will not be backing down on her refusal to apologise following an incident where she was asked to leave the Stormont Assembly chamber. The North Belfast representative told ...

12 Sept 2025 at 13:04

Northern Ireland

Committee ‘left impotent’ after not being alerted to new EU laws

A Stormont committee set up to examine the impact of new EU laws in Northern Ireland has been rendered “impotent” after the UK Government was late in alerting it to two new regulations, MLAs have been told. A meeting ...

18 Apr 2024 at 14:59

Northern Ireland

O’Neill accuses Heaton-Harris of ‘sabre-rattling’ over revenue-raising letter

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has been accused of “sabre-rattling” by Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill over his decision to ask civil servants to look at options for raising public revenue. ...

15 Jun 2023 at 15:35

Northern Ireland

Budget delay could risk departments running out of cash, minister warns

Delaying the passage of the Assembly budget would risk departments running out of cash, Stormont’s Finance Minister has warned. Caoimhe Archibald was responding to calls from the Ulster Unionist Party, whose ...

28 May 2024 at 14:46

Northern Ireland

Assembly backs Stormont budget in face of Health Minister opposition

Stormont Assembly members have backed this year’s budget in a vote that saw the outgoing Health Minister and his UUP colleagues oppose the spending plan. In his last day in post, Robin Swann warned that the ...

28 May 2024 at 18:04

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