The Labour Party’s MPs and MEPs have until 2.30pm on Monday to decide who to nominate for the leadership race. They will also have to choose who they would like to see as deputy leader ahead of a mass ballot of the party’s membership next month. Four of the six candidates for leader already have […]
The Northern Ireland Assembly will resume once again after its previous coalition collapsed three years ago. The DUP and Sinn Fein have now restarted their mandatory coalition, following lengthy talks over the last year. Both parties have now agreed to a wide-ranging deal, breaking the three-year deadlock. The Parliament Buildings in Belfast, known as Stormont […]
The funding boost is expected to create 20,000 skilled jobs. The Treasury said the cash would pay for the demolition of old buildings and preparing the grounds at the 4,500-acre SSI steelworks site in Redcar on Teesside, which went into liquidation in 2015. The Conservative Party is intent on rewarding northern areas in former Labour heartlands […]
Mr Johnson also backtracked on previous remarks about US access to the NHS, denying there were any plans afoot to “buy” the health service. Talking to LBC, Mr Johnson, who described US President Donald Trump’s attitude towards post-Brexit Britain as “bullish”, said UK negotiators needed to “take him at his word” on the subject of […]
Tory Mr Bailey issued a scathing attack on Mr Khan as his campaign to replace the Labour Mayor gets underway amid news there were a shocking 135 fatal stabbing in the Capital in 2019. Mr Bailey, who is also battling against fellow Tory Rory Stewart for the role, said last year will “remembered as a […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not send formal charges of misconduct against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Friday, according to a senior Democratic House aide, despite growing expectations that such a move could come soon. The Democratic-led House impeached Trump last month on charges that he abuses […]
Northern Ireland's political stalemate could be coming to a close after UK and Irish governments published a draft deal to restore Stormont. The Assembly will be recalled on Friday to see if the parties will head to the Northern Irish seat of power and sign up to it. It’s been exactly three years since the […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will turn to controversial Independent TDs Noel Grealish and Michael Lowry in a bid to cling to power for the next four months. Mr Varadkar is under pressure from his ministers to put distance between recent controversies, including the Black and Tans debacle, and the forthcoming general election. Mr Varadkar said he […]
Britain moved one step closer to leaving the European Union on January 31 after the divorce deal bill was passed by MPs unamended. The Withdrawal Agreement Bill passed 330 votes to 231, a majority of 99. It now moves to the House of Lords – with peers unlikely to drastically alter the bill in the […]
THE Cabinet is having one of it’s away-day adventures in North Dublin today – a special meeting on the very worthy topic of disability services. But it’s the meeting between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin later this evening that will get the most attention. The pair are to sit down in […]