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The Latest Breaking News from Stormont

What we know so far about the £400 energy bill discount amid efforts to bring scheme to NI

Northern Ireland has a separately regulated energy market and the power sharing government is not fully functioning

Belfast Live

Chancellor pledges to deliver energy bill discount in Northern Ireland

Nadhim Zahawi was meeting with the Utility Regulator and Stormont ministers to discuss extending the UK-wide scheme to the region.

The Independent UK

Chancellor 'absolutely committed' to £400 energy bill discount for Northern Ireland

An "equivalent" to the scheme being rolled out in Great Britain to ease cost-of-living pressures will be delivered "as soon as possible"

Belfast Live

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NI voters' personal details sold off for thousands of pounds to politicians and businesses

Political parties and pollsters as well as public bodies, businesses, organisations have paid to access the electoral roll

Belfast Live

‘Workaround’ sought to ensure NI consumers will not miss out on £400 energy support

Deirdre Hargey said the easiest way to get the money to families was to have an Executive at Stormont.

The Independent UK

Cost of living: Fears over potential fuel poverty deaths unless Stormont ministers take action

People gathered at a cost of living protest in Belfast on Saturday afternoon

Belfast Live

Brendan Hughes: Michelle O'Neill's call to respect differing views not matched by Sinn Fein

Ms O'Neill's call for people to be "mature enough" to "agree to differ" fails to match her own party's actions

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Family highlights childcare costs with £40k bill calculation

"They do need to subsidise childcare for the 0-3 age, it's just so expensive and there is limited provision."

Belfast Live

Cost of living: Majority of NI households could face fuel poverty by 2023

New research suggests 1.4 million people in NI could be in fuel poverty by next year

Belfast Live

Lisburn and Castlereagh councillor quits Green Party to join SDLP

He was elected in 2019 when a rise in support for the Greens saw the party double their council seat tally

Belfast Live

Two ex-MLAs still paid for senior Stormont roles while Assembly not functioning

Stormont has been in limbo since February when the DUP withdrew its First Minister from the Executive in protest over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol

Belfast Live

Fall in number of people who think Protestant-Catholic relations are improving

Changing attitudes on community relations have been monitored in a new Stormont report

Belfast Live

Stormont recall: Here is what MLAs would have discussed had the Assembly been restored

The DUP continued to block the election of a Speaker, meaning no further business can be debated

Belfast Live

Latest attempt to restore Stormont powersharing ends in failure

The DUP again blocked the election of an Assembly speaker in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK

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DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson says he cannot set out timetable for return to Stormont

He dismissed a move by the SDLP to recall the Assembly and attempt to elect a Speaker as a "stunt"

The Independent UK

DUP cannot give timetable for return to powersharing, says Donaldson

The party will again block the restoration of the Assembly at a recalled sitting on Wednesday.

Belfast Live

Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill's office breached transparency laws over Chinese consul meeting, watchdog finds

The Information Commissioner's Office examined the Executive Office's response to requests for minutes of the meeting

Belfast Live

Stormont recall will not achieve anything, UUP MLA says

Matthew O’Toole says it's “outrageously cruel” for Assembly not to be functioning in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis

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The Independent UK

No point in Assembly recall while protocol differences remain – Nesbitt

The Stormont Assembly will meet on Wednesday in a third bid to nominate a speaker after more than 30 MLAs signed an SDLP recall petition.

The National (Scotland)

Political leaders urged to break Stormont impasse in tribute to David Trimble

Nobel Peace Prize winner and architect of the Good Friday Agreement, Trimble died last week at the age of 77 following an illness.

Belfast Live

Brendan Hughes: David Trimble did the heavy lifting but others reaped the benefits

While Stormont has faltered, relative peace envisioned by the Good Friday Agreement has endured

The Independent UK

Sir William Wright remembered as ‘genius who followed his dreams’

Hundreds of employees of Wrightbus in Ballymena formed a guard of honour outside the factory in tribute to the company’s founder.

The Independent UK

Books of condolence open for tributes to ‘architect of peace’ Lord Trimble

Lord Trimble, who jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize along with late SDLP leader John Hume, died on Monday following an illness.

The Guardian - UK

Lord Trimble obituary

Unionist politician who was one of the architects of the Good Friday agreement and served as the first minister of Northern Ireland

Belfast Live

Bill Clinton hails David Trimble for helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland

"A leader of courage, vision, and principle whose lifetime of service helped bring peace to Northern Ireland"

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