Former civil servant who investigated Partygate says power-sharing executive was prone to ‘silo working’ and leaksNorthern Ireland’s government lacked cohesion and failed to be proactive during the Covid-19 pandemic, according...
Read MoreMicheál Martin says remarks by former DUP leader during US president’s visit ‘misplaced’ Ireland’s deputy prime minister, Micheál Martin, has criticised remarks by the former Democratic...
Read MoreLatest updates: US president is not ‘anti-British’ as DUP has claimed, says White HousePerhaps anxious to show that he does not hate Britain, or Northern Ireland, Joe Biden (or, more accurately, the person running...
Read MoreRishi Sunak accused of ‘dragging the king into a hugely controversial political issue’UK politics live – latest news updatesThe king will host the EU chief, Ursula von der Leyen, after the signing of the final...
Read MoreEuan Blair is awarded MBE, Arelene Foster becomes dame, and Rio Ferdinand and Damian Lewis recognised The Conservative former attorney general Jeremy Wright, who this week called on Boris Johnson to resign, becomes a knight in...
Read MorePrime minister ‘confident’ of no further delay to England lockdown easing after 19 JulyPM announces four-week delay to Covid lockdown easing in EnglandWhat we know about the delay to ending lockdown in EnglandLosing...
Read MoreLatest updates: Lindsay Hoyle says he insisted health secretary Matt Hancock make a statement to MPs this eveningRishi Sunak rejects calls by businesses for furlough extensionLosing ‘Freedom Day’ is galling for...
Read MoreLatest updates: Edward Argar, health minister, says second doses would increase people’s protection against the Delta variantRishi Sunak rejects calls by businesses for furlough extensionLosing ‘Freedom Day’ is...
Read MoreAnalysis: justice minister Naomi Long urges new DUP leader to name cabinet and first ministerUpheaval within the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) resembles a “soap opera” and risks destabilising Northern Ireland,...
Read MoreMP for Lagan Valley says he will face Edwin Poots to create first leadership contest for partySir Jeffrey Donaldson has announced a bid to become the next leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) and by extension become the...
Read MoreFoster says she will stand aside as DUP leader on 28 May and as first minister a month laterArlene Foster has announced she is stepping down as leader of the Democratic Unionist party and Northern Ireland’s first minister...
Read MoreFoster says she will stand aside as DUP leader on 28 May and as first minister a month laterArlene Foster has announced she is to step down as leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) and Northern Ireland’s first...
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