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The Latest Breaking News from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Westminster committee urges Government to formally name Stakeknife

The Army’s former spy within the IRA was widely believed to be west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, who was 77 when he died in 2023.

Evening Standard

Cost of Troubles cases ‘will financially cripple policing in NI’

Two former PSNI chief constables gave evidences to MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Evening Standard

Muir ‘fast losing patience’ with Infrastructure Department over water pollution

The Agriculture Minister also warned that Belfast Lough ‘has the potential to become the next Lough Neagh’.

Evening Standard

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Legacy body ‘lacks powers of a public inquiry to examine Sean Brown murder’

SDLP leader Claire Hanna pressed the UK government to call a public inquiry into the murder of the GAA official.

Evening Standard

Legacy body focused on and capable of uncovering ‘unvarnished truth’ – Morgan

Sir Declan Morgan described a ‘reset moment’ to make changes to the Legacy Act.

Evening Standard

Talks on water charges ‘should not be avoided’ amid crisis in public services

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has published a follow-up report into the funding and delivery of public services in the region.

The Independent UK

New Brexit rules risk leaving ‘gaps on shelves’ in Northern Ireland by July

‘We are not Del Boy and Rodney,’ a business representative told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

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MPs told of ‘suspicions’ of UK-wide spying on journalists by police

Two Belfast journalists told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that such surveillance was an ‘attack on democracy’.

Evening Standard

Stormont Executive ‘could be £100m short to deal with national insurance rise’

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald sounded the alarm while appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Evening Standard

Hilary Benn urged to take NI farmers’ inheritance tax concerns to Treasury

The Northern Ireland Secretary said there was a ‘fundamental difference of view’ on how many people would be impacted by the Government’s plans.

The Independent UK

Water charges ‘would be biggest revenue raiser by far in Northern Ireland’

The move could bring in £350m million per year, the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee was told.

The Independent UK

Supermajority comments ‘not a shift in UK Government policy over unity poll’

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.

The Independent UK

Need to ‘deradicalise’ young loyalists in Northern Ireland, academic tells MPs

Dr Aaron Edwards was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

The Independent UK

Young loyalists looking at ‘non-political solutions’ to Irish Sea border

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

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The Independent UK

Policing Board ‘does not have powers’ to appoint temporary PSNI chief constable

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been rocked by a series of recent controversies.

The Independent UK

PSNI data breach ‘could cost force up to £240m’

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is investigating the Police Service of Northern Ireland data breach.

The Independent UK

Leadership of PSNI is not at war with itself, senior officer tells MPs

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee heard Deputy Chief Constable Mark Hamilton is to appear before a meeting of the Police Federation on Wednesday.

Belfast Live

Simon Hoare: Conservative MP met with loyalists on 'personal' fact-finding mission

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee released a statement about the meetings, which said they were not an attempt to represent the committee

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Senior Tory MP met loyalist paramilitaries on 'personal fact-finding mission'

A Conservative MP reportedly met with loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland as a personal fact-finding mission, a Westminster committee has…

The Independent UK

MP met with loyalists on ‘personal’ fact-finding mission

Simon Hoare told the Belfast Telegraph he had attended meetings in a personal capacity.

Belfast Live

Budget crisis will leave PSNI 'unrecognisable' from Patten proposals, MPs told

Pamela McCreedy, the PSNI chief operating officer told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee the funding crisis is a marked contrast to the "uplift programme" for police forces in England and Wales

The Independent UK

Return of Stormont will need significant planning, committee told

Three former senior civil servants gave evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on the functioning of Stormont.

The Independent UK

Cuts to police may damage efforts to tackle paramilitarism, MPs told

Members of the Independent Reporting Commission issued the warning as they addressed the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

The Independent UK

Political stability needed to protect union, says Tony Blair

Speaking to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, the former prime minister gave his analysis of the current political situation.

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