Politics

Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has claimed officials within the EU are of the mindset that the loss of Northern Ireland is the price the UK would pay for Brexit.

Political commentator Jude Collins has been told to stop wallowing in self-pity after he claims to have been dropped by the BBC over his views.

The UUP has said that the Prime Minister needs to go back to the negotiating table to strike a Brexit deal that preserves the integrity of the United Kingdom.

The Irish border backstop can only be temporary, a senior government minister said yesterday on a visit to Northern Ireland.

The future of our country is in the hands of the House of Commons.

The government’s confidence and supply agreement with the DUP continues, Theresa May’s effective deputy has said.

By this time next week the future of the United Kingdom over the coming decades might finally begin to look clear.

Leaving the EU is an enormous challenge for the UK and will affect generations to come. MPs have the weight of that responsibility on their shoulders, and no MP takes that responsibility lightly.

Victims say they still do not accept Barry McElduff’s claim not to have deliberately mocked them, after Sinn Fein announced it will stand him once again for election.

The most senior Sinn Féin adviser to Martin McGuinness has admitted that he was given whistleblower allegations that RHI claimants were heating empty sheds – just days before Sinn Féin agreed to keep RHI open for another fortnight.

A former DUP special adviser has said that a significant email which was only handed to the RHI Inquiry more than a year after it was requested was under the control of the party.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has penned an open letter seeking to assure citizens that the draft Brexit deal is not a threat to rights or the Union.

A leading economist has spoken out against Theresa May’s Brexit deal, warning that it would lead to “substantial disadvantages” for Northern Ireland.

Former finance minister Sammy Wilson has urged businesses to “sit up and take notice” of the stark warnings set out by a senior economist over the EU withdrawal deal.

Around 100 people gathered outside Queen’s University Belfast this morning for a memorial event marking the 35th anniversary of the murder of Edgar Graham.

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has called on the Government to “listen to MPs” over the dangers the Brexit backstop plan poses to the UK.

At least 10 Cabinet ministers could back a Norway-style Brexit if Theresa May’s deal is rejected, one of the MPs leading a cross-party campaign has claimed.

The DUP has said the government should “listen to MPs” on rather than “telling us what we should do” with a “roadshow selling the fundamentally flawed Withdrawal Agreement”.

Arlene Foster has said it is possible that an important segment of her sworn evidence to the RHI Inquiry is “wrong”, relating to when she was told about the belief that her Spad delayed RHI cost controls.