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What is the Northern Ireland Protocol and why is it important?

It has been a source of tension since it first came into force at the start of 2021

Belfast Live

Labour reshuffle prompted by departure of Faafoi, Mallard

Labour’s long-awaited reshuffle has been triggered today by the departure of senior Cabinet Minister Kris Faafoi and Speaker Trevor Mallard.

Newsroom.co.nz

Free school meals Northern Ireland: Campaigners question why 100,000 children fear going hungry

"In many cases, classroom assistants, teachers, principals and other school staff have been buying children food and supporting families out of their own pockets"

Belfast Live

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Stormont parties meet with civil service chief amid ongoing Executive impasse

Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill said she regrets that five weeks after the Assembly elections the Executive has not yet been reformed.

The Independent UK

Brendan Hughes: A blank cheque for Casement Park hard for Stormont to justify

The worry for fans is that Casement now becomes caught up in a wider dispute over the restoration of Stormont

Belfast Live

Emergency leadership group re-established to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey said she is barred from taking further actions to alleviate the crisis by the effective collapse of Executive.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein accuses DUP of 'punishing the public' for blocking restoration of Stormont for second time

Michelle O’Neill said Sinn Féin would "keep coming back" with recall petitions in a bid to elect a new Speaker

Belfast Live

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Sinn Fein to ‘keep trying’ to get a Stormont speaker elected

Michelle O’Neill was speaking after the DUP blocked the election of a new speaker for the second time.

The Independent UK

Stormont Assembly fails to elect new speaker

The DUP refused to back the bid to resurrect Stormont, maintaining it wants to see action from the UK over the Northern Ireland protocol

The Independent UK

'No guarantee' over £400 energy bills discount without Stormont Executive, says NI Finance Minister

There have been questions over whether the absence of a functioning Stormont Executive will stall spending in Northern Ireland

Birmingham Post

Cost of living: What money NI will receive from UK funding and problems that remain

The main issue surrounds a promised £400 discount on energy bills for every household in the UK

Belfast Live

'No guarantee' over £400 energy bills discount without Stormont Executive, says Finance Minister

There have been questions over whether the absence of a functioning Stormont Executive will stall spending in Northern Ireland

Belfast Live

Lack of clarity over £400 energy discount without Stormont Executive – Murphy

The Stormont Finance Minister said that the lack of an Executive in Northern Ireland will pose challenges for introducing the discount.

The Independent UK

Micheal Martin: No substitute for negotiated agreement over NI Protocol

The Taoiseach was in Belfast for a series of meetings with party leaders.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Row erupts as US accused of trying to ‘bully’ UK over Northern Ireland

Nancy Pelosi said the US congress will not support a free trade deal if planned changes to Northern Ireland protocol go ahead

The Independent UK

Taoiseach to hold talks with Stormont leaders amid NI protocol deadlock

Micheal Martin will also meet business representatives to discuss the latest dispute over the Irish Sea trade border.

The Independent UK

Form Executive and Assembly while NI Protocol issues are being resolved: Murphy

Stormont Finance Minister also said he currently has £421m which he cannot spend because the devolved power-sharing institutions are not functioning.

Belfast Live

Stormont must deliver abortion services 'without further delay' says Northern Ireland secretary

The UK government has taken further legislative steps in a bid to ensure the commissioning of fully-funded abortion services

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Belfast Live

Fuel payment scheme cannot be reopened without NI Executive, says Communities Minister

Deirdre Hargey said she was "deeply frustrated" as funding is available but it "requires Executive approval"

The Independent UK

Government moves to ensure full delivery of abortion services in NI

Secretary of State Brandon Lewis said it is ‘absolutely unacceptable’ that Stormont has failed to commission the services.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland paramilitarism continues due to "ongoing political controversy", MPs told

Social media platforms add modern element to age old issue, Westminster committee hears

The Independent UK

Truss insists move to scrap parts of post-Brexit deal cannot be delayed

The EU has threatened to retaliate if the UK proceeds with new legislation overwriting sections of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK

Truss set to announce plans to rip up Northern Ireland Brexit deal

The row over the Northern Ireland Protocol has created an impasse in efforts to form a new Executive in Stormont.

Belfast Live

Cost-of-living crisis: Northern Ireland family 'using kitchen hob to heat their home'

"The worst pain and misery of the cost-of-living crisis is being felt by children in low income families"

The Independent UK

Johnson sets out ‘insurance’ plan to rewrite Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew in to Belfast in an attempt to break the deadlock preventing the formation of a new executive.

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