The Latest Breaking News from Steve Baker

No 10 signals Northern Ireland deal to go ahead – with or without DUP backing

Full ratification of Windsor framework agreed with EU likely to take months as PM continues sales pitch

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Rishi Sunak heads to Northern Ireland to sell ‘breakthrough’ Brexit deal

The Prime Minister praised his deal after striking an agreement with the EU.

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Steve Baker reveals he had a major mental health crisis over the stress of Brexit

Northern Ireland minister says Rishi Sunak’s new deal ‘bookends seven-year chapter of my life’

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

A fake cancer patient was exposed on TikTok. Now, genuine survivors are asking donors not to give up on them

Maddie Russo raised more than $37,000 after claiming she was suffering from three forms of aggressive cancer. After her ruse was exposed by experts on TikTok, cancer survivors and charities say they are trying to rebuild trust with the donors they rely on. Bevan Hurley reports.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

‘Large gap to be bridged’ over Northern Ireland Protocol, minister warns

Steve Baker said ‘we simply must make progress on the protocol’, adding that he hoped the exchange ‘will be heard in the EU’.

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Heaton-Harris and Steve Baker not in attendance at ERG meeting with DUP

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson met the group of Eurosceptic Tory MPs in London this week.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Northern Ireland council election date to be moved due to King Charles III coronation

The date of the election is set to be pushed back by two weeks

Belfast Live · Dec 21, 2022

Northern Ireland abortion services "will be commissioned", Steve Baker says

Stella Creasy says "The last three years have been a story of not delivering, of not meeting the promise that we made to those women in Northern Ireland”

Belfast Live · Nov 29, 2022

Abortion services ‘will be commissioned in Northern Ireland’, minister tells MPs

Labour’s Stella Creasy urged the Government to act, warning that for the last three years ‘abortion might be legal, it is not accessible’.

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Steve Baker wants to renegotiate Brexit agreement over Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland minister’s proposal comes after PM denied plans for Swiss-style relationship with EU

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022