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BREAKING
Former Chancellor Alistair Darling dies aged 70
Mother of 18-month-old boy and former partner found guilty of murder
Met police officer who Tasered girl, 10, cleared of gross misconduct
Christmas Number One odds latest after Shane MacGowan's death
Covid Inquiry: Hancock says UK should have locked down 3 weeks earlier
RMT union members accept new deal as strikes draw to a close
Former Chancellor Alistair Darling dies aged 70
Mother of 18-month-old boy and former partner found guilty of murder
Met police officer who Tasered girl, 10, cleared of gross misconduct
Christmas Number One odds latest after Shane MacGowan's death
Covid Inquiry: Hancock says UK should have locked down 3 weeks earlier
RMT union members accept new deal as strikes draw to a close

MPs

Watch moment Wilko boss tells MP she 'let down' staff and shoppers

House of Commons

Protect Six Nations for free-to-air TV, MP says

The issue of EU law is seen as central for some unionists seeking to remove the Irish Sea border. (Pic: PA Images)

UK and Brussels confirm EU law is here to stay

This summer marked 25 years since the Drumcree standoff. By refusing any compromise the Orange Order lost its image of invincibility, writes Alex Swan. Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press

Letter: It's a choice of stubborn intransigence or compromise

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to deliver his autumn statement. Picture date: Wednesday November 22, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Budget. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

What today's changes to your earnings actually mean in simple terms

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP has defended the fundamentals of the Windsor Framework as a benefit to Northern Ireland. 
Photo: Jonathan Porter /  Press Eye

Heaton-Harris says EU law benefits NI - now and in the future

Morning View

Editorial: Spaniards protest to show that they will not let their nation split

Secretary of State for Wales, Sir Robert Buckland arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Tuesday October 11, 2022.

Villiers backs early frontrunner to take influential NI job

Andrew Trimble from the Renewable Heat Association giving evidence to MPs at a hearing of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, at the House of Commons, London

RHI boilers left to ‘gather dust’ as businesses return to fossil fuels, MPs told

All Sinn Féin MPs follow an abstentionist policy with regard to Westminster, meaning they do not take their seats in that parliament

Letter: ​Sinn Fein has a long history of abstentionism

The flag of Wales

Alliance calls for Northern Ireland to get similar 'funding floor' as Wales has

Right to Life UK has used the 56th anniversary of the Abortion Act receiving royal assent to call on people to be proactive and lobby their politicians to introduce legislative safeguards for unborn babies

Catherine Robinson: Abortion laws are failing both women and unborn babies

Crispin Blunt has admitted he was the Tory MP arrested over the suspicion of rape

Senior Tory names himself as MP arrested on suspicion of rape

Shaun Harkin at a BDS rally at Free Derry Corner in July 2023

Derry City council passes motion calling for Israeli expulsion

Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Negotiations with DUP over trade border impasse in final phase, MPs told

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

A total of 87 MPs declared an income as landlords, including 19% of Conservatives.

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of al-Ahli Hospital after explosion in Gaza City

Hospital strike in Gaza caused by missile heading towards Israel, says Sunak

Dr Sean Brennan at the NIAC - 18 October 2023. Photo: Parliament TV

Unionist 'insecurity' caused by treating NI differently post-Brexit, MPs hear

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson has told MPs that any suggestion that he exerts influence over the decision-making of DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is “for the birds”. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Bryson says suggestion he influences Donaldson’s decisions is ‘for the birds’

Jamie Bryson, Director of NI Policy, Centre for the Union, giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at the House of Commons in central London. Photo credit : House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Young loyalists looking at ‘non-political solutions’ to Irish Sea border

Jamie Bryson, Director of NI Policy, Centre for the Union, giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at the House of Commons in central London, which is investigating the effect of paramilitary activity and organised crime on society in Northern Ireland. Picture date: Tuesday October 17, 2023.

Bryson evidence session was like ‘character assassination’, DUP MP says

Joseph Chamberlain made a number of popular speeches during a visit to Ulster in October 1887

Joseph Chamberlain espoused ethnic unionism instead of Home Rule

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

Letters to editor

Letter: Sharing of power is the best solution for Israel

Morning View

Editorial: Welcome remark from Starmer about border poll but Labour still a risk

Ian Paisley MP

DUP MP says party is 'in a happy state and is content with the leadership'

Letters to editor

Letter: Rather than withdrawing their MLAs, DUP should be withdrawing their MPs
A letter from Arnold Carton:

Liz Truss has been claiming from fund for ex-prime ministers despite only 49 days in office (Getty Images)

Liz Truss claims from fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

The Tory government is pressing ahead with plans to teach children aged 11 and over in Northern Ireland how to use contraception and access abortion in lessons which are free from moral and ethical teaching.

Sex education: Parents can teach children values at home, says Government

Letters to editor

Letter: Fields of Athenry song is a reminder of Great Famine

The state of the health service in Northern Ireland would “embarrass a third world country”, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said.
Photo: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Department and SDLP leader Colum Eastwood differ on NHS woes

A patient in hospital

Health service in Northern Ireland would ’embarrass a third world country’

Morning View

Editorial: Unionists should not assume the worst of Hilary Benn

Almost 4,000 PSNI officers and staff have come forward with concerns after their personal information was released online in a data breach

PSNI data breach ‘could cost force up to £240m’ in security and legal costs

Chris Todd, Assistant Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland, answering questions in front of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, in the House of Commons

Leadership of PSNI is not at war with itself, senior officer tells MPs

Northern Ireland Policing Board chair Deirdre Toner and vice chair Edgar Jardine announce PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has resigned during a press conference at the board headquarters in Belfast. Photo: Rebecca Black/PA Wire

Policing Board will have to answer questions about PSNI controversies: Hoare

Stormont stalemate causing harm to the union, warns minister Steve Baker Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Stormont stalemate causing harm to the union, warns minister Steve Baker

​TDs in the Dail are taking action over legacy and alleged collusion

Letter: ​Republic must be held to account over support for terrorists

Sir Declan Morgan, Chief Commissioner-designate of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR),Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Lack of will hindered attempts to deal with legacy issues – Sir Declan Morgan

MPs are warning the Government to do more to tackle the increase in smart devices being used in domestic abuse cases

MPs warn of baby monitors and smart speakers enabling domestic abuse

The Labour Party is taking 'cautious steps' towards fielding candidates in Northern Ireland. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA

Labour's 'cautious steps' towards fielding candidates in Northern Ireland

Lord Dodds, who is DUP leader in the Lords, says the report by peers into the Windsor Framework shows that it "utterly" fails the party's seven tests. While the party already said in its council manifesto that it failed the tests, he is now saying so with particular emphasis. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Dodds: New report shows that Windsor Framework 'utterly fails' DUP seven tests

Brothers murdered by the IRA: Thomas Irwin, and Frederick Irwin. Thomas was Canon Alan Irwin's father, Frederick was his uncle. ​"We have all witnessed the shifting of blame towards the state," writes Canon Irwin

IRA Victim: Until we deal with terror legacy we've little hope of reconciliation

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday. His government replaced eurosceptic Tory committee members so he could pass his NI parcel rules under the Windsor Framework. Picture: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire

Owen Polley: ​No unionist saviour set to emerge from Tory infighting

Keir Mather. Credit: Getty

Johnny Mercer launches attack on Keir Mather - what was said

By election winner and Labour Party candidate Keir Mather speaks at Selby Leisure Centre, North Yorkshire after the results were given for the Selby and Ainsty by-election, called following the resignation of incumbent MP Nigel Adams

Thumping defeats for Sunak’s Tories but he is spared by-election whitewash

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Kyle MP

MPs vote against amendments to NI legacy bill

Parcels moving from GB to Northern Ireland will treated as exports to a foreign country, writes Baroness Hoey, a situation the former Labour MP describes as 'sheer constitutional vandalism'

Kate Hoey: New postal plans are no basis to start talking of Stormont return

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation Bill) is set to return to the House of Commons this week

NI legacy bill once again opposed by political parties and Amnesty International

Boris Johnson earns over £21k an hour for his roles outside of politics

Boris Johnson rakes in over £21k as second job earnings revealed

MPs have threatened to use their parliamentary privilege to name the suspended BBC host in the House of Commons.  (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

MPs threaten to name suspended BBC host in House of Commons

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

Abuse of MP is "utterly appalling", says DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Sir Robert Chote, chair of the N Fiscal Council at NI Affairs Committee

Debate on Barnett Formula funding for Northern Ireland 'gaining momentum': DUP

Former UK health secretary Sajid Javid

Senior Tory Sajid Javid says MPs £86,000 salary ‘should be doubled’

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