Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said he will be personally endorsing two DUP candidates in the British general election – despite his party’s alliance with the rival Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV). Mr Farage told the PA news agency: “As far as the Northern Ireland thing is concerned, I want to make it clear that […]
The DUP’s interim leader has told rival unionists it is not too late to co-operate to deliver victories for pro-union candidates in several key battlegrounds in Northern Ireland in the upcoming UK general election. Gavin Robinson also vowed to pursue a “positive” campaign over the coming six weeks, suggesting he would not be engaging in […]
The North’s two main parties go into the UK general election on the back of starkly contrasting fortunes. For Sinn Fein the poll represents the chance to solidify its recently assumed status as the largest party in the region, after displacing the DUP in top spot in both Assembly and local government elections over the […]
Stormont’s leaders have stressed a desire to maintain stability in the fledgling powersharing executive, amid the upheaval in the DUP following the shock resignation of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. Mr Donaldson quit on Friday after being charged with several historical sexual offences. East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson, who was deputy leader, has been appointed interim DUP […]
(Bloomberg) — The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson, stepped down Friday after being charged with “allegations of an historical nature,” according to his party. Most Read from Bloomberg The DUP said in a statement that it has suspended Donaldson from membership, pending the outcome of the judicial process, and named Gavin Robinson […]
The British government has unveiled a package of post-Brexit trading measures for Northern Ireland, a move welcomed by Northern politicians who are now expected to restore a power-sharing government. After almost two years of a power vacuum in the North, the regional government might be within days of returning, restoring a key part of 1998 […]
A deal to restore Stormont powersharing will remove all post-Brexit checks on goods moving into Northern Ireland from Britain, the leader of the DUP has insisted. Jeffrey Donaldson expressed hope that the Stormont institutions could be back up within days after he secured the backing of his party executive for British government proposals aimed at […]