Benn outlined the decision in a seven-page letter to Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Edwin Poots. It said the EU rules being challenged do not meet the threshold of having a "significant ...

Pic: PA In a letter to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Edwin Poots, Mr Benn said that the rules on chemical packaging did not meet the bar of having a "significant impact specific to ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the Northern Ireland Assembly have been given a dressing down by the Speaker. On Tuesday, during a Stormont plenary session, Edwin Poots reminded them ...

The Northern Ireland Assembly has again voted in favour of a "progressive smoking ban" despite continued uncertainty over its ...

The IRA was under intense pressure tonight to end all paramilitary activity as Northern Ireland's Assembly and power sharing institutions prepared to make way for the return of direct rule from ...

The chief executive of the Stormont assembly is on her second all-expenses-paid trip ‘Down Under’ inside a three-month period. Lesley Hogg is currently in New Zealand for what is described as ...

The British government has announced the Stormont Brake mechanism of the Windsor Framework will not be pulled to halt the appliance of updated EU rules on packaging and labelling of chemicals ...

speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. “The government will explicitly consult on applying a consistent regime across the United Kingdom, should this be required to safeguard the UK internal ...

Mr Benn wrote to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Edwin Poots, on Monday to outline reasons for his government’s decision, pointing out that labelling requirements for chemicals in ...

Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid today announced a brief suspension of the Stormont Assembly ahead of another six weeks of negotiations to try and end the deadlock threatening the future of ...