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    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      DUP vows to extend Stormont boycott until N Ireland budget is boosted

      Hopes of quick return to power-sharing hit as Democratic Unionists demand extra funding and guarantees over place in UK

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      News in-depthNorthern Ireland
      Sinn Féin cements place as Northern Ireland’s largest party

      Nationalists beat projections to take 144 of the 462 council seats in local elections

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Northern Ireland’s local elections overshadowed by Brexit stand-off

      DUP seeks to retain council dominance on Thursday in test of support for Stormont boycott

    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Key players in N Ireland peace deal urge DUP to end Stormont boycott

      Region’s political parties need to do ‘the right thing’, says Tony Blair, 25 years on from historic GFA

    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Scottish politics
      Scottish government to challenge London’s veto of gender legislation

      Move intensifies constitutional clash between Holyrood and Westminster

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Sunak hails 1998 Northern Ireland peace deal as ‘incredible moment’

      UK prime minister set to meet US president in Belfast to celebrate 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement

    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      News in-depthNorthern Ireland
      Northern Ireland celebrates its imperfect peace accord

      The Good Friday Agreement ended the region’s conflict but has struggled to underpin political stability

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Devolution dies in darkness

      Centralising devolved scrutiny in England doesn’t make much sense, but the mayoral system does need some sunlight

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Northern Ireland’s budget squeeze Premium content

      Plus, how childcare in the region is eating into household incomes

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      Chris Deerin
      Sturgeon’s exit prompts fresh turmoil for Scotland

      Unionists scent their opportunity as charismatic first minister leaves the independence cause without a champion

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      Devolution has stoked brutality and division in our politics

      As she resigned, Nicola Sturgeon complained of the toxic atmosphere that she and her party have contributed to in Scotland

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Nicola Sturgeon
      Timeline: Nicola Sturgeon’s rise through Scottish politics

      From teenage SNP activist to first minister at Holyrood

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland’s Stormont assembly fails to elect speaker for sixth time

      DUP blocks move and sinks bid to use session to pass organ donor legislation

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Scotland calls on London to remove block on transgender bill

      Edinburgh minister warns that legal fight will delay implementation, causing further harm to trans people

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Former LGBT+ adviser warns Sunak against blocking Scottish gender bill

      Iain Anderson says move being considered by UK prime minister would hit country’s global reputation

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      FT live news
      Live news updates from January 5: McCarthy set to lose tenth Speaker vote, Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs
    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Gove announces £1.4bn devolution deal for north-east England

      Region will acquire elected mayor with new powers if agreement wins local approval

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Philip Stephens
      Neuralgia clashes with exceptionalism in Northern Ireland

      Unionist intransigence over the Irish Sea border rests on insecurity

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Labour moots ‘biggest’ transfer of power from Westminster

      Proposals by former PM Gordon Brown include scrapping Lords and moving 50,000 civil servants out of London

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Instant InsightDavid Allen Green
      Ruling against Scottish independence vote throws ball back in political arena

      The Supreme Court judgment was legally disappointing for the Holyrood government but gives it more ammunition

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Scottish independence
      Scotland needs go-ahead from London for independence vote, court rules

      Supreme Court says Scottish parliament does not have power to legislate for referendum

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Labour plans to shake up UK by extending devolution

      Starmer expected to accept Brown review proposals including banning MPs’ second jobs

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Scotland
      Scotland’s rural labour shortage fuels demand for independence

      SNP says London’s rejection of trial visa programme for immigrant workers proves its case

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      Northern Ireland
      London delays N Ireland election in hope of resolving EU trade row

      Heaton-Harris ‘very positive’ deal with Brussels can be reached early next year

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Northern Ireland
      UK government U-turns on Northern Ireland election

      Fresh vote will no longer be held before Christmas as it is unlikely to end deadlock, Britain concludes

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