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Chris Heaton-Harris faced his first questions from MPs since being appointed by Prime Minster Liz Truss as Northern Ireland secretary

Chris Heaton-Harris was named Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

NIO minister Conor Burns said there was ‘no reason’ for the DUP not to be in government at Stormont.

The former Justice Minister is among several ex-ministers who have shared their candid experiences of Stormont power-sharing

UUP Leader, Doug Beattie warned of a “bleak outlook” this winter, even if the return of a fully functioning Stormont Executive is agreed. Northern Ireland’s political leaders met with the head of the region’s civil service Jayne Brady at Stormont Castle.The DUP has blocked the formation of a new Executive…

Party leaders met with the head of the Northern Ireland civil service at Stormont Castle on Thursday.

The report warned the continuing absence of a power-sharing Executive is "not healthy for any democratic state"

The UK government may not have stepped into the breach this time, but no action is increasingly not an option

"There are other paramilitary facades and structures dedicated to various crime gangs unfortunately spread across Lurgan and indeed Northern Ireland"