Andy Burnham has discussed legacy issues and Ukraine with Ireland’s premier during their first phone call since he became Prime Minister. Mr Burnham gave his first national address as Britain’s ...

DUP leader Gavin Robinson said new Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant would ‘quickly learn there are some significant challenges’.

Mr Burnham used the first meeting of his Cabinet to say that ministers must give people “a sense that help is coming”. He vowed to always “show how we’re going to pay” f ...

CCTV footage captured the moment Kayden Moy’s killers ran away from the scene of the crime, appearing to congratulate each other. At the earlier trial, jurors were shown video footage from Irvine, ...

The father of a 16-year-old who was murdered on a North Ayrshire beach has said losing him has “devastated our family forever”. Kayden Moy was fatally stabbed on Irvine beach on May 17 last year, ...

Until there is more certainty, mortgage rate moves are ‘unlikely’ to calm in the weeks ahead, an expert at Moneyfactscompare.co.uk said.

A woman aged in her 50s has been seriously injured in a suspected stabbing before Mass at a church in Co Waterford. The incident took place at the Holy Cross Church in Summerhill in Tramore at around ...

The VAT reduction will be paid for by scrapping the digital ID card scheme, but former minister Darren Jones said that project was unfunded.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham told John Swinney they will have to “agree to disagree” on Scottish independence in a call on Tuesday, a UK Government source said. The two leaders spoke for the first time ...

Because of post-Brexit rules under the Windsor Framework, EU VAT rates apply on electricity bills in Northern Ireland so the cut will not apply. It is planned that the Stormont ex ...