DUP MPs have joined prominent anti-EU campaigners in questioning the Good Friday Agreement amid turmoil in Stormont and uncertainty over the future of the Irish border after Brexit.

Damian Green has shrugged off his allegations of inappropriate conduct towards Tory activist Kate Maltby and insisted his texts about her wearing a corset were “a joke”.

Arlene Foster has urged Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley to take key public spending decisions as Stormont’s political deadlock continues.

The mineral products industry needs to continue to invest through the whole supply chain says Mineral Products Association’s Jerry McLaughlin

The leader of Northern Ireland’s SDLP has called on Labour to support the UK staying a full member of the single market and customs union.

Sajid Javid has announced plans for a streamlined rental complaints system allowing tenants to seek help over shoddy housing and squalid conditions.

Councils are struggling to keep children living in violent homes safe due to cuts, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith has hit out at a senior Tory's decision to invite a controversial loyalist to give evidence before a Commons committee.

Lincolnshire’s beautiful churches are getting a major boost thanks to a £48,800 National Lottery grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). 

A row has broken out after a controversial loyalist was invited to give evidence to a Commons committee.

Theresa May should stop "pussyfooting around" and impose direct rule from Westminister on Northern Ireland, Lord Trimble has declared.

Some MPs are probably involved in the abuse of children, an influential Labour backbencher has claimed. 

Unaccompanied child refugees are some of the most vulnerable to trafficking, criminality and exploitation. While May and Macron’s ‘Sandhurst Summit’ was a step in the right direction, much more still needs to be done, writes Lord Dubs

Labour has called for Theresa May's "direct involvement" in last-ditch talks to get power-sharing up and running again at Stormont.

Sarah Champion has been a relentless advocate for victims of child sexual abuse since entering parliament six years ago. But the Labour MP for Rotherham is concerned the issue is ‘dropping off’ the government’s radar. She talks to Elizabeth Bates

It is now over a year since the Northern Ireland Assembly last sat as a functioning legislature.

It was fitting, in its painfully ironic way, that the "will they won't they" drama between the DUP and Sinn Fein collapsed on Valentines Day. 

 

Hopes of establishing a new executive in Northern Ireland have been dashed after DUP leader Arlene Foster pulled her party out of cross-party talks.

MPs have expressed their shock and dismay after a suspected rough sleeper was found dead just yards from the entrance to Parliament.

The Work and Pensions Committee has today (Wednesday 14 February 2018) released its full report on benefits assessments for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP).

Scope has commented on the Work and Pensions select committee's report on disability benefit claimants' experiences, which found a "pervasive lack of trust" and assesssment reports "riddled with errors".

MPs have delivered a scathing verdict on the assessment system for disability benefits, warning it is having an "untenable human cost" on claimants. 

DUP leader Arlene Foster has branded Theresa May’s attempt to reach a power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland a “distraction”.

Britain’s longest serving mayor, Sir Robin Wales, is facing a deselection fight as he pursues an unprecedented fifth term at the helm of the borough that hosted the London Olympics.