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Exclusive: British Chambers of Commerce head urges parties not to backtrack on eco pledges in run-up to general election

Party’s position has shifted with Keir Starmer now calling for a ‘sustainable ceasefire’ but for some voters it is too little too late

Exclusive: Party launches outreach effort amid concerns it is losing support of normally loyal voters

As a rule of thumb, if you hear anyone say that deep-state, unelected bureaucrats run the country, feel free to ignore them and continue about your day. But there is one exception: Northern Ireland. For the last two years, civil servants have effectively been running it in the absence of…

In her maiden Commons speech in 2017, Kemi Badenoch, quoting Woody Allen, said that democracy was like sex: “If it’s not messy, you’re not doing it right”. Seven years on, Conservative politics could hardly be messier.

Thanks to the party’s boycott, public services are collapsing and there has been no government at Stormont for nearly two years, says political commentator Sarah Creighton

Scotland’s former first minister excluded finance secretary from meetings in 2020, inquiry also hears

DUP approves post-Brexit legislation, meaning devolved government could soon be functioning again

The party, which once got four million votes, has quietly imploded

Ministerial posts could be filled within days after DUP’s decision to end boycott of power sharing

Northern Ireland's main pro-UK party, the DUP, said on Tuesday it endorses a deal with the UK government allowing it to end a long-running boycott of the province's devolved administration.