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The Latest Breaking News from Stormont

Highlands and Islands ‘central to Scotland’s prosperity’ – Swinney

The party’s Highlands and Islands manifesto sets out plans for new action to support the region.

Evening Standard

Michelle O’Neill says she is ‘not fixated on titles’ amid Stormont reform talk

The First Minister also described a ‘very challenging arrangement’ with the DUP in the Executive.

Evening Standard

O’Neill says she will work to reform Stormont to ‘end the blockage on progress’

The Sinn Fein vice president delivered the keynote address on the first evening of the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Belfast.

Evening Standard

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UK Government ‘don’t get it’ over NI funding, Michelle O’Neill says

The First Minister said she would ‘unapologetically’ continue to make the case to the Treasury for extra resources.

Evening Standard

Mandelson vetting scandal ‘raises serious judgment questions’ about PM – O’Neill

The Northern Ireland First Minister was asked if she believed Sir Keir Starmer had taken sufficient accountability over recent revelations.

Evening Standard

Stormont leaders call for answers over vetting of former police ombudsman

Gavin Robinson suggested there were security concerns around the appointment of Marie Anderson.

Evening Standard

Parts of Treasury review ‘absolutely preposterous’, says Little-Pengelly

Northern Ireland’s political leaders have been sharply critical of the Treasury exercise.

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Stormont decisions could unlock £3.3bn in spending power, Treasury review finds

The review identifies ‘a persistent gap between Northern Ireland Executive spending and available funding’.

Evening Standard

Latest £100 home heating oil grant set to be paid out by ‘summer at earliest’

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Northern Ireland will receive a £17 million package in support for home heating oil costs

The Independent UK

£100 home heating oil grant to be paid out by ‘summer at earliest’

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has urged the UK Government to act with measures that can be delivered rapidly to help those struggling with costs.

Evening Standard

Stormont urged to address ‘catastrophe’ in hospital emergency departments

A Royal College of Emergency Medicine report found the estimated number of deaths due to long waits has doubled in five years.

Evening Standard

Architect of the Easter Rising, hanged as a traitor: for Roger Casement, a pardon still seems far away

Relations with Britain have improved again since Brexit, but battles over Irish history remain visible in Stormont’s endless feuding, says Rory Carroll, the Guardian’s Ireland correspondent

The Guardian - UK

Michelle O’Neill: UK heating oil support ‘slap in the face’ for Northern Ireland

The First Minister told MLAs ‘these are the real-life implications of war’ as she called on them to ‘fight together for the people that we represent’.

Evening Standard

Michelle O’Neill says UK heating oil support ‘slap in the face’ for Northern Ireland

The First Minister told MLAs ‘these are the real-life implications of war’

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Evening Standard

NI Finance Minister says £17m UK heating‑oil support ‘extremely disappointing’

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Northern Ireland will receive £17 million of a £53 million package in support for home heating oil costs.

Evening Standard

Treasury to work with NI Executive on heating oil support, Starmer says

Sir Keir Starmer said he is determined to stop people ‘getting ripped off’ on their energy bills.

Evening Standard

Murder probe launched after discovery of woman’s body in Co Fermanagh

A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The Independent UK

How Stormont departments are allocated budgets must change – Paul Givan

Education Minister Paul Givan said allocations should be made based on inescapable pressures such as staff costs.

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Evening Standard

Finance Minister: Stormont’s £390m boost recognises NI public service strains

John O’Dowd said the Executive would use the additional funding ‘wisely’ but it also serves as a ‘recognition of the pressures this Executive faces’.

Evening Standard

Extra £400m to support health and education in Northern Ireland

Finance Minister John O’Dowd said the reserve claim from the Treasury would be repaid over three years.

Evening Standard

Stormont Executive agrees £55m for public sector pay awards and infrastructure

The biggest allocation of £18.3m is going to the Department of Health.

Evening Standard

First Minister concerned after police officer names appear on NI courts website

The officers sought compensation after a major data breach in 2023.

Evening Standard

Stormont leaders ‘prioritising division over delivery’ two years in

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole was speaking on the second anniversary of the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard

Armstrong to lead initiative to attract more women into UUP

Diana Armstrong, who was ratified in the deputy leadership role on Saturday, is currently the party’s only female MLA.

Evening Standard

Open University transformation ‘to Northern Ireland’s third university’ hailed

John D’Arcy said he felt like the right time to go after 15 years at the helm of the Open University in Northern Ireland.

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