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The 41-year-old says it is right time for someone new to take the role as he backs MP Claire Hanna

PM says it is important ‘to get balance right’ amid reports that smoking in beer gardens could be curbed

In the 2019 general election, Sinn Féin won seven seats in Westminster, one fewer than its main unionist rivals, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). However, such is the disarray in unionist politics at the moment that Sinn Féin may only need to hold these seven seats to emerge as the…

Home secretary Suella Braverman compared the Ulster demonstrations to the pro-Palestine marches she said were run by ‘Islamist haters’

Suella Braverman said alleged reports that organisers of Saturday’s march were linked to Hamas were ‘disturbingly reminiscent of Ulster’.

Chris Heaton-Harris also stressed that there is currently no basis to suggest that a majority of people in the region wish to separate from the UK.

Simon Byrne’s resignation was announced following an emergency meeting of the Policing Board.

With 354 votes in favour, MPs endorsed sanctions against Boris Johnson recommended by the committee

The SDLP leader urged voters to "be smart" with how they vote in the upcoming local elections