DUP’s Edwin Poots claims government made ‘personal assurance’ it would win EU row over NI border

Outgoing DUP leader Edwin Poots has said that he has received a personal assurance from the UK Government that significant changes will be made to the Northern Ireland Protocol. Mr Poots, who was forced to announce his resignation as leader last week following an internal party revolt, predicted there would be a ‘significant victory’ on … Read more

PM urged to do more to combat threat of Scottish independence

Cabinet ministers ‘urge Boris Johnson to allow ALL Scots living in the UK to vote in a second independence referendum’ and bring back Ruth Davidson in a Government role to sink Nicola Sturgeon’s breakaway plans Cabinet ministers want Ruth Davidson to be handed prominent Government role They are pushing for former Scottish Tory leader to … Read more

PM urged to do more to combat threat of Scottish independence

Cabinet ministers ‘urge Boris Johnson to allow ALL Scots living in the UK to vote in a second independence referendum’ and bring back Ruth Davidson in a Government role to sink Nicola Sturgeon’s breakaway plans Cabinet ministers want Ruth Davidson to be handed prominent Government role They are pushing for former Scottish Tory leader to … Read more

Northern Ireland powersharing collapse is averted

The collapse of powersharing arrangements in Northern Ireland appears to have been averted after a late night deal on Irish language laws paved the way for new Stormont leaders to be appointed.  The UK Government announced after midnight that it had committed to passing the stalled laws at Westminster this autumn if they are not … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘wants City of London to be excluded from G7 tax crackdown’

Rishi Sunak ‘is pushing for the City of London to be excluded from new global tax crackdown’ despite leading G7 efforts to make big firms pay more G7 finance ministers agreed plan last weekend to introduce global tax changes Plan designed to make big firms pay their fair share of tax where they operate  But … Read more