Gareth Gordon
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- Sep 24, 2026
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Stormont speaker Edwin Poots warns MLAs over language used in debates (opens the original)
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Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly have received an official reprimand over the "aggressive tone and language" of recent debates. The Speaker Edwin Poots has written to some of them about what he says have been the most serious incidents of conduct. In a letter to all MLAs, he claims "the state of relationships and conduct" across the chamber presents a "significant risk to business". In the letter published by the Stormont authorities, he writes "while I have a high threshold for passiona
Andy Burnham pledges to get Stormont government functioning with budget (opens the original)
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The prime minister has pledged to get the Stormont government functioning properly with a budget. Andy Burnham told MPs at his first Prime Minister's Questions that he had empowered the Northern Ireland Secretary, Sir Chris Bryant, to go into talks aimed at resolving the failure of the Executive to agree a budget. Following the passing of the deadline recently Stormont officials have legal powers to spend up to 95% of last year's funding. The secretary of state is expected to hold talks next wee
UUP: Rambunctious week in the turbulent life of the party (opens the original)
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Another rambunctious week in the turbulent life of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ended with, of all things, an away day. A nice Friday opportunity to chew over where the party stands now and where it wishes to go. Over coffee and croissants. Robbie Butler was there for as long as his now-busy diary would allow. And perhaps more surprisingly, Mike Nesbitt, given what had just happened. From the outside looking in there was much to discuss, some of it not good from the party's point of view. It
Analysis: Nesbitt's departure proves politics can't be removed from health (opens the original)
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A dramatic evening exit and a vacant position as Stormont's health minister - the resignation of Mike Nesbitt has provided no shortage of political reaction. The move came on Tuesday, amid a clash over withdrawing emergency general surgery services from Causeway Hospital, with the UUP leader Jon Burrows. BBC News NI's Political and Health Correspondents Gareth Gordon and Marie-Louise Connolly provide some analysis on how it all played out and what's next. With apologies to Oscar Wilde, to lose o
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