DUP’s crackdown on welfare fraud in Northern Ireland should be just a first step
Stormont could take proper control of large parts of the benefits system, as Scotland did a decade ago
Northern Ireland Assembly
UUP considers DUP invitation to unionist co-operation talks
Past agreements have aimed to maximise unionist vote and secure seats in certain constituencies
Will UUP’s ‘enthusiastic, articulate’ new leader halt the party’s decline?
Former PSNI senior officer Jon Burrows was selected as an MLA for North Antrim only a few months ago
Next UUP leader to be former police officer Jon Burrows
Only candidate put their name forward for the leadership by the close of nominations
Former police officer vows to ‘arrest stagnation’ in run to lead Ulster Unionist Party
Jon Burrows, co-opted to Assembly seat, says he would aim to attract more women and younger people to party
McEntee to meet Troubles victims and politicians in Belfast visit
Minister to hold talks with speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, DUP MLA Edwin Poots
Inquests into ‘sad and tragic’ Newtownabbey double-murder expected in June
Kenneth McClean-Flanagan (26) is believed to have murdered his mother and girlfriend
Stormont must make ‘difficult decisions’ in 2026, warns Northern Ireland Secretary
Hilary Benn reiterates commitment to working with counterparts in Dublin to establish new framework for dealing with Troubles legacy
Sinn Féin’s property portfolio: Inside the wealthiest political party in the State
Some properties claimed as being owned by party in 2023 were not included in accounts lodged for the following year
DUP MP Sammy Wilson’s ‘fact-finding’ trip to Israel worth almost £4,000, declaration shows
East Antrim MP said he was looking forward to ‘hearing the truth’ and criticised ‘scurrilous lies’
Sinn Féin to back no-confidence motion in North’s minister for education
Paul Givan is ‘going nowhere’, DUP leader Gavin Robinson says
Appointment of Irish and Ulster Scots language commissioners in Northern Ireland welcomed
Appointees to take up posts on November 13th for five years
Why are the parties of Northern Ireland’s centre at each other’s throats?
If Alliance, SDLP and UUP cannot offer alternative to Sinn Féin-DUP, it is hard to see what they are for
Time for ‘definitive plan’ on Casement Park rebuild, says Stormont Minister
John O’Dowd has met with Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to discuss the ‘next steps in the delivery’ of the project
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