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Donaldson: DUP won’t be knocked off course by rhetoric over Framework

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson acknowledged improvements had been made to post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland but said questions remain.

The Independent UK

Alliance willing to test legality of Stormont’s voting system, Naomi Long warns

The party leader expressed frustration that the UK and Irish governments had not moved to deliver reform of the powersharing institutions.

The Independent UK

Michelle O'Neill: The eyes of the world are again on us... it is time to move forward

People on waiting lists cannot wait. Families facing a cost of living crisis cannot wait. Our health service and our health workers cannot wait.

Belfast Live

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Naomi Long: 'No excuse' for DUP blocking Stormont after Windsor Framework

She dismissed suggestions the DUP's boycott strategy helped secure the deal, saying it was "coincidence rather than correlation"

Belfast Live

Long challenges governments on responsibilities to make Stormont workable

The Alliance leader said the Assembly has not been able to function for around half the time since it was formed 25 years ago.

The Independent UK

Irish premier: It is reasonable for DUP to be given time to consider agreement

Sinn Fein has argued there is now ‘no justification’ for the DUP to continue its boycott of the powersharing institutions.

The Independent UK

What is the Stormont Brake? The new veto in the Windsor Framework deal

It is described in the agreement as giving Stormont a "genuine and powerful role"

Belfast Live

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Ahern: New British government may be needed to reach protocol deal

The former taoiseach was speaking during a panel discussion with Alastair Campbell.

The Independent UK

Bid to pass organ donation law at Westminster ‘highly unlikely’ to succeed

The Executive Formation Bill is scheduled to be brought before Westminster later this month.

The Independent UK

Analysis: NI secretary move ends embarrassing cycle of meaningless election deadlines

But the extended period to form an Executive raises concerns that efforts to restore power-sharing are being allowed to drift

Belfast Live

Brexit: NI election deadline pushed back by 12 months in hope of protocol deal

Northern Ireland secretary says holding an election now won’t help restore powersharing

The Independent UK

Deadline to form new Stormont Executive to be extended until 2024

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said an Assembly election in the coming weeks would "not be helpful or welcome"

Belfast Live

Westminster should consider making more NI decisions in Stormont's absence, study says

Northern Ireland is being governed on a "limited and piecemeal basis" since the collapse of power-sharing, a think tank warned

Belfast Live

NI Secretary pledges to ‘explore possible avenues’ to enact organ donations laws

Chris Heaton-Harris was meeting with six-year-old Daithi MacGabhann, who is on the transplant waiting list, and his parents on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

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All main Stormont parties want to maintain single market access, says Tanaiste

Micheal Martin said Northern Ireland’s political leaders should grasp a deal that might emerge.

Belfast Live

Adoption and social care legislation in Northern Ireland stalled due to Stormont's collapse

They are the latest bills confirmed to be facing delays after it emerged legislation on organ donation has been stalled

Belfast Live

Former DUP minister Edwin Poots' bid to halt Brexit Protocol checks cost public £57,000

The spending has been described as "political posturing" and "clearly a waste of public money"

Belfast Live

Latest Stormont deadline looms but little sign of snap Northern Ireland Assembly election

There is little expectation the NI secretary will immediately make a move as he has previously pushed back the deadline

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Belfast Live

Michelle O’Neill calls for progress on A5 upgrade after Varadkar meeting

The Irish government had initially pledged to provide £400m towards the cost of the delayed project

The Independent UK

Varadkar hopes exclusion of McDonald from protocol talks is not ‘new precedent’

The Sinn Fein leader was told she could not attend the meeting.

Belfast Live

DUP MLA asks what Stormont can do to ease migraines

A formal written question was submitted asking what is being done to ease migraines suffered by Stormont politicians and staff

The National (Scotland)

FACT CHECK: Does the Scottish people's legal authority trump the UK Supreme Court's?

CLAIM: “The Scottish Government is ultimately responsible to the Scottish electorate rather than the UK Supreme Court" ...

The Independent UK

Stormont Executive was to go ‘where man has not gone before’

Declassified state papers detail efforts to get Stormont ministers ready for the devolution of powers.

Belfast Live

Poll: 81% say DUP should return to Stormont power-sharing

More than 1,500 votes were cast in the Belfast Live readers' poll

Belfast Live

Brendan Hughes: Peace walls a reminder much work still to be done to build better future

Stormont is nowhere near meeting its 2023 objective

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