The Latest Breaking News from Assembly

Chris Heaton-Harris also triggered an option to extend a deadline to form a new devolved Executive in Belfast by a further six weeks

Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading on 152 seats in the latest trends as the counting of votes is progressing, thus clearly indicating that the party is simultaneously breaking its own record of 127 seats and also shattering the highest previous electoral record of 147 achieved by the Madhav Singh…

The latest trends of vote counting in Himachal Pradesh disclose that Bharatiya Janata Party is leading the assembly elections here at 30 seats, while Congress is trailing behind with 28 of the 68 seats in the hilly state. Read on for details:

The counting of votes for the by-polls in six Assembly constituencies in five states including the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh underway. Read on for details:

The counting of votes for the Gujarat Assembly polls that began on Thursday showed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading on more than majority seats while Congress opened its account with a lead on six seats. Read on for details:

Chris Heaton-Harris also said efforts are being made to ensure energy support payments are sent out to people here "as soon as possible"

His remarks came as MLAs met during a recalled sitting of the Assembly in another doomed attempt to restore the Executive

Ireland’s minister for foreign affairs suggested that the pay cut would take effect in January.

Sinn Fein had urged the DUP to drop its boycott of the devolved powersharing institutions.

Michelle O'Neill calls on DUP to "come back into the Executive so we can fight for and deliver £600 out to the thousands of struggling families"

MLAs at Stormont are in the Assembly chamber for a recalled session.