Rishi Sunak facing rebellion from Tory hardliners over Northern Ireland deal RISHI Sunak is facing a rebellion from Tory hardliners over his Northern Ireland Brexit The National (Scotland) · Mar 21, 2023
DUP MP says party will ‘continue the fight’ against post-Brexit trade barriers The DUP has been boycotting the Stormont Assembly since May 2022. The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023
BBC licence fee to go up £13 as MPs call on government to stop rise It is set to be the biggest increase in more than 20 years Manchester Evening News · Mar 17, 2023
Chancellor’s spring Budget ‘is going to impede growth’, DUP claims Sammy Wilson raised concerns over personal income tax. The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023
Tory MPs call for end to BBC licence fee as they seek revenge over Gary Lineker U-turn Rees-Mogg says the current system is 'past its sell-by date' Nottingham Post · Mar 15, 2023
Culture minister suggests TV licence losing support among public Julia Lopez’s remarks came as DUP MP Sammy Wilson criticised the BBC’s handling of the Gary Lineker impartiality row. The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023
Stormont brake ‘not really a brake’, says DUP MP critical of Sunak’s deal The unionist party will scrutinise the Windsor agreement for ‘as long as it takes’, chief whip Sammy Wilson said. The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
David Frost begrudgingly backs Sunak’s ‘bitter pill’ Brexit deal, as DUP split over support Windsor deal ‘worth having, but isn’t taking back control’, says Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiator The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
The Windsor Agreement: Rishi Sunak and EU boss to sign historic new deal Historic agreement expected to be announced by PM and Ursula von der Leyen at joint press conference in Windsor before EU chief meets King The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023
Rishi Sunak under fire as King meeting with EU leader falls through THE Prime Minister has come under fire after a meeting on Northern Ireland between the King and the leader of the EU was cancelled The National (Scotland) · Feb 25, 2023
Brexit: Rishi Sunak ‘plans for EU chief to meet King’ branded naive Unionist politicians said a meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen would have been a ‘cynical use’ of Charles’ position The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023
Sunak faces criticism over plans for European Union chief to ‘meet the King’ Unionist politicians said a meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen would have been a ‘cynical use’ of Charles’ position. The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023
NI protocol: Sunak criticised over ‘plans for EU chief to meet king’ Meeting between Charles and Ursula von de Leyen cancelled, reports say, as Varadkar says deal ‘inching towards conclusion’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023
Government to hold new talks with EU on NI protocol ‘in coming days’, says foreign secretary – as it happened James Cleverly’s comments come after No 10 said ‘no deal has been done as yet’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023 Suella Braverman urges Sunak not to ditch Northern Ireland protocol bill First sign of cabinet tensions emerges as Downing Street plays down hopes that deal with EU will be clinched on Tuesday
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 DUP welcomes ‘progress’ on Brexit border talks but warns more work to be done But Sinn Fein welcomes ‘very significant’ progress in Northern Ireland Brexit protocol talks
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 Brexit: DUP warns Rishi Sunak not to leave Northern Ireland ‘abandoned to the EU’ But Sinn Fein welcomes ‘very significant’ progress in Northern Ireland Brexit protocol talks
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2023 DUP leader keeps hopes of protocol deal on track as he declares ‘progress’ in talks Jeffrey Donaldson says ‘big moment’ looming in Rishi Sunak’s effort to cut a post-Brexit deal with EU
The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023 Protocol deal must address ‘democratic deficit’ in NI, DUP MP insists Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill said the DUP had to stop holding people in Northern Ireland ‘to ransom’.
Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2023 Fears over Brexit 'backdoor' for trophy hunters to bring home sick souvenirs Campaigners have moved to ease fears a forthcoming ban on imports of animal skins, severed heads and carcasses could have a 'loophole' created by the Northern Ireland protocol
Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023 DUP's Sammy Wilson one of just two non-Tory MPs to back new law to restrict strikes The bill would require "minimum service levels" during public sector strikes, but trade unions have condemned the plan
Belfast Live · Jan 16, 2023 UUP councillor who joined DUP said Jeffrey Donaldson's party 'blew it' over handling of Brexit The councillor joined the DUP shortly after quitting the Ulster Unionist Party over its "chaotic" plans for May's council elections
The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022 Civil servants using energy support as ‘lever’ to get Assembly back, says DUP MP Sammy Wilson asked the Chancellor to investigate whether civil servants were ‘interfering’ in the political process in Northern Ireland.
ABC News · Oct 30, 2022 The wildly contrasting histories of a fatal outback police shooting inside a cave at Uluru The death of an Anangu man in the 1930s is at the centre of an outback tragedy involving race, murder and injustice. Almost a century later, his remains have been returned to country.
Belfast Live · Oct 25, 2022 Tory minister Steve Baker joins Fermanagh leaders in 'get on with it' message for Stormont parties But MP Sammy Wilson said Mr Baker "is in no place to preach to the DUP or any other party"