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Evening Standard
Politics
Jonathan McCambridge

Bid to force Education Minister Givan from office over Israel trip fails

Northern Ireland Education Minister Paul Givan (left) walks with DUP leader Gavin Robinson ahead of a press conference in the Great Hall, Parliament Buildings, Stormont (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

A bid to force Northern Ireland’s Education Minister Paul Givan from office following controversy over his recent visit to Israel has failed.

During a bad-tempered debate in the Assembly, DUP minister Mr Givan called a no-confidence motion against him a “calculated attempt to drive a unionist minister from office”.

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