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Former SDLP MLA Pat Catney to stand in NI council elections

"My reasons are just to make the place where we live a better place. Maybe that sounds old fashioned"

Belfast Live

DUP urges Sinn Fein to explain £4m rates exemption for student apartment blocks

It follows concerns that an unresolved tax "loophole" means some student accommodation blocks do not pay rates

Belfast Live

Protocol deal ‘bound to fail’ if it does not address unionist concerns

DUP MP Gavin Robinson also dismissed the suggestion that powersharing rules could be changed to override his party’s veto on forming an executive.

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DUP's Sammy Wilson one of just two non-Tory MPs to back new law to restrict strikes

The bill would require "minimum service levels" during public sector strikes, but trade unions have condemned the plan

Belfast Live

Exclusion of party leaders from NI protocol meetings must end – McDonald

The row over Mary Lou McDonald’s exclusion from a meeting this week has overshadowed talks on the protocol and Stormont crisis.

The Independent UK

SDLP to propose speaker election amendment in bid to restore Assembly sittings

The party said the procedural change would ‘end the one-party veto that has frustrated the democratic wishes of the people of Northern Ireland’.

The Independent UK

Belfast fuel hardship fund row continues at City Hall

Councillor says "The ones who will be overlooked will be the elderly, the isolated, the vulnerable, those with learning difficulties"

Belfast Live

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Irish foreign minister and Northern Ireland parties welcome progress on protocol

The two sides reached agreement on data sharing and EU access to UK IT systems.

The Independent UK

DUP slammed for 'cherry-picking' health report to attack Northern Ireland Protocol

The DUP did not mention that the report concludes Brexit is having "negative effects" on the UK's workforce, medicines and economy

Belfast Live

60% of MLA staff recruited since NI Assembly election are party members

MLAs are required to declare the employment of associated persons but the information is not usually made public

Belfast Live

No contingency plans for collapse were included in Stormont assembly formation

Declassified papers show the UUP and SDLP did not believe they should ‘plan for failure’

The Independent UK

NI £600 energy support payment details explained including how you will be paid

A rundown of what we know so far about the much-delayed support scheme and how it will operate

Belfast Live

Belfast Council Chief and councillors clash over behind closed doors meetings

Councillor says "journalists and the public are kept from details about important decision making in this council"

Belfast Live

Belfast fuel poverty scheme criticised for £60,000 income threshold

Councillor said it was "outrageous" that Malone Park residents could be eligible for help

Belfast Live

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‘Difficult times ahead in public spending’ warns Alliance deputy leader

Stephen Farry was reacting after Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris set a budget in the absence of a Stormont Executive.

Belfast Live

DUP MP Ian Paisley denies super-majority bill is 'changing the goalposts' for border poll

The bill has been dismissed as a "stunt" by Alliance and the SDLP, while Sinn Fein accused the DUP of "having trouble respecting democracy"

Belfast Live

Portrait of John Hume unveiled at Westminster

The likeness was painted by Northern Irish artist Colin Davidson and will hang in the Portcullis Estate

The Independent UK

Portrait of Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume unveiled at Westminster

The work was painted by acclaimed Northern Ireland artist Colin Davidson.

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Official portrait of John Hume to be unveiled in Westminster

Painted by the critically acclaimed Northern Irish artist Colin Davidson, the portrait of the former MP for Foyle will hang in Portcullis House.

The Independent UK

‘Classic Tory chaos’ claim after announcement of no December Stormont election

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris had been expected to announce a date for a poll this week.

Belfast Live

Belfast City Council to write to Taoiseach to urge citizen assemblies on Irish Unity

Sinn Féin dropped a proposal on a Belfast forum after an SDLP motion was passed

Belfast Live

Belfast York Street Interchange: Public money 'squandered' on review of scheme says MLA

The road scheme is aimed at addressing a major traffic bottleneck between three of Northern Ireland's busiest roads

Belfast Live

Belfast council reverses decision to spend 10K on climate conference "vanity investment"

Councillor says a £10,000 council branding exercise was "unnecessarily exorbitant"

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland Secretary faces criticism over failure to set election date

Chris Heaton-Harris had promised he would announce a date for an Assembly election if efforts to restore devolution failed.

Belfast Live

Tensions at Derry Council meeting over refurbishment works of City Baths

"City Baths are an essential piece of infrastructure for many people."

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