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Belfast Food Bank bolstered by Amazon support.

Belfast Food Bank bolstered by Amazon support

Belfast Food Bank bolstered by Amazon support.

Belfast Food Bank bolstered by Amazon support

Former top civil servant and partygate investigator Sue Gray in her office in the Houses of Parliament, London, on her first day in her new role as the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Gray 'gets the job done' - former Labour minister

First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, after a meeting at Stormont Caste. Sir Keir is now ambiguous about his support for the Union, having expressed firm unionist sentiments in opposition. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Owen Polley: Unionists will need to be wary about the naivete of Labour leaders

Former chancellor and veteran Labour politician Alistair Darling has died aged 70, a spokesperson on behalf of his family said

Alistair Darling’s ‘calmness in a crisis’ remembered following his death aged 70

Thousands of jobs are at risk as retailer Wilko confirms collapse.

Wilko ‘could be saved’ by rival discount chains according to experts

Morning View

Editorial: Some jobs will always have a hard edge

Tory ministers will not be happy with the new ‘no plus-one’ rule for King Charles III coronation - Credit: Getty Images

Tory ministers in uproar after major king’s coronation rule change

The scene of devastation in Omagh on August 15 1998 after the dissident republican massacre. After years of observing how skewed is the justice system in Northern Ireland against the security forces, I am fearful that clever lawyers and apologists for violent republicans will point fingers at the people who were trying to save lives that day, not take them

Ruth Dudley Edwards: I welcome Omagh probe but fear it will blame the Brits

Morning View

UK and Irish governments should press EU to back down over power grab

Dame Arlene Foster said the new pro-Union movement would need to attract people from a 'non-party political background'

Dame Arlene Foster to form non-party pro-Union group

Dorian Thomas Reece with Davina McCall

It’s Long Lost Family Special in Australia

Private rented homes will be subjected to new rules as part of the Levelling Up agenda (image: NationalWorld)

Landlords could be forced to upgrade '800,000 homes' under new Levelling Up Whit...

Tony Blair, opposition Labour party leader, and Gordon Brown, shadow chancellor, confer at a 1997 election campaign press conference

Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

News Letter editorial

The UK now needs some of the fiscal prudence that Rishi Sunak is said to support

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who may be asked to spend more time in Scotland under plans reportedly drawn up by palace officials to bolster the Union.

William earmarked for crucial role in saving the Union

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge may be asked to spend more time in Scotland under plans reportedly drawn up by Buckingham Palace officials to bolster the Union.

PA Reporters

The Duke of Cambridge has been warned by Alex Salmond that it would be foolish to become involved in the constitutional debate in Scotland

Salmond warns Duke over Scotland’s future

Gordon Brown has called for the mass vaccination of the world to be the primary focus of the G7 summit (Photos: Getty Images and Shutterstock)

UK and other wealthy countries should help pay for global vaccination, Gordon Br...

Keir Starmer is promising more devolved powers if Labour wins the next election

Chancellor Rishi Sunak introduced the furlough scheme as a response to economic pain caused by the coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

A quarter of UK workers are now furloughed - and unemployment levels could rocke...

News Letter editorial

It is almost the norm now to be an older dad in Downing Street

Alex Kane: Idea of Sinn Fein in power in Dublin is not so fanciful

Barry Gardiner is considering a late run to be Labour leader

Ex-NIO minister Barry Gardiner considers Labour leadership bid

The letter-writer makes reference to recent remarks by Gordon Brown, in which the ex-Prime Minister said the Union is more in peril now than any time since it was created

DUP, beware! Tories are ready to sell out the Province

Gordon Brown said the Union faced twin threats from Scottish nationalism and a hard Brexit

Union facing greatest threat for more than 300 years: Gordon Brown

Keeping the home fires burning set to get harder

Prime Minister Theresa May in April 2017 makes a statement in Downing Street, London, announcing a snap general election to be held on June 8. She was attempting to increase her parliamentary majority, but instead lost it, making difficult implementation of various policies including social care reform and Brexit. Photo: Philip Toscano/PA Wire

Chaos in Brexit and care homes are linked to 2016 poll shambles

The current Brexit shambles and the chaos in our care homes might be related.

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Harriet Harman

Women MPs on political sidelines and must reach out to '˜our sisters in NI': Har...

The then Chancellor Alistair Darling speaking in Bradford in 2008

Lord Darling reveals '˜most scary moment' of financial crisis

The prime minister Theresa May earns £150,000 a year, far less than some other public servants

Ben Lowry: We should pay our PMs far more and make that the top level for public...

Sammy Wilson said Labour 'will jump into bed with the devil'

Labour outrage over DUP-Tory deal '˜sickening hypocrisy'

Prime Minister Theresa May taking part in BBC1's Question Time Leaders Special presented by David Dimbleby from the campus of the University of York on Friday. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Theresa May had good reason to be hesitant about calling this election

Morning View

The UK's slow progress in bringing debt under control

Alex Kane

Win or lose the EU referendum, Cameron has failed test of leadership

Tories repairing damage - Cameron

'˜Genuinely angry' Cameron slams Labour over Google tax

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