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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

Northern Ireland

Minister raises concerns over school segregation causing social divisions in NI

A UK minister said there is “so much wrong” with youngsters in Northern Ireland not meeting their first Catholic or unionist until their late teens. Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker told MPs he is “absolutely all in favour” of school ...

10 May 2023 at 17:39

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

09 Nov 2022 at 18:13

Northern Ireland

Abortion services ‘will be commissioned in Northern Ireland’, minister tells MPs

Abortion services “will be commissioned in Northern Ireland” before legislation relating to the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive passes through the Lords, Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has ...

29 Nov 2022 at 19:23

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland minister asks Irish government to give legacy body ‘a chance’

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has appealed to the Irish government to meet with the head of a new commission created under the UK Government’s controversial Legacy Act. The Northern Ireland Troubles ...

23 Oct 2023 at 13:39

Northern Ireland

Pro-IRA chanting at airport condemned

A number of politicians have condemned footage which appears to show a group of passengers at Dublin Airport singing a pro-IRA song. The video was posted to social media on Saturday and features lyrics ...

16 Oct 2022 at 14:02

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