Irish ex-leader of British business lobby group claims he is ‘fall guy’ The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has been rocked by allegations of rape and harassment of female staff members by male colleaguesMon Apr 24 2023 - 00:01
Paschal Donohoe dismisses British threats to damage Ireland’s funds industrySpeaking during London visit, the Minister also said the Government will “consider” using more of its surplus on housing but warns of building industry’s “capacity constraints”Sat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Dominic Raab’s two-page letter could be summed up in three words: sorry, not sorryPrime minister Rishi Sunak appears to have given his deputy time to undermine bullying reportFri Apr 21 2023 - 14:20
Dominic Raab profile: A standard-bearer for Tory party’s right wingCommitted Brexiteer had complicated relationship with EU and Irish goverment officialsFri Apr 21 2023 - 11:32
Yousaf may need to be ruthless as crisis roils the SNPColin Beattie “steps back” as SNP treasurer after his arrest, but events are slipping beyond the party’s controlThu Apr 20 2023 - 05:00
London Letter: Driver funds exhausted by annual car charges of €4,000 Political controversy has arisen around London mayor Sadiq Khan plans to extend Ulez charges this summerWed Apr 19 2023 - 05:00
SNP treasurer Colin Beattie arrested in party finance inquiryPolice investigating what happened to £600,000 in donations to partyTue Apr 18 2023 - 20:27
Labour’s attack adverts suggest gear change by leader Keir StarmerOpposition party’s aggressive tactics meant to demonstrate capacity and determination for the next electoral fightTue Apr 18 2023 - 05:00
Warrington bombing: John Major recalls ‘dark and desperate’ day when peace process almost died Former British prime minister says he almost gave up hope following IRA bomb which killed two children in 1993Mon Apr 17 2023 - 03:00
Three new books about Brexit suggest scholars may be as divided as the British populationNew books by Tim Bale; Matthew Goodwin; and Meg Russell and Lisa James detail ‘a whiff of Britain’s fetid Brexit debates’Sat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Mark Paul: Ten years after her death, Margaret Thatcher’s legacy in Wales is more nuanced than many imagineTories face a wipeout in Wales at the next general election, yet the party was successful there under Thatcher and under Boris JohnsonSat Apr 08 2023 - 16:00
Yousaf’s recent promise for ‘continuity’ after Sturgeon already seems unwise Detention of former Scottish National Party chief executive, Peter Murrell, opens up a range of problems for the new first ministerWed Apr 05 2023 - 15:45
Pomp meets humility as the first portrait of Charles as king is unveiledBritain is gearing up for the coronation of its new monarch next monthWed Apr 05 2023 - 05:00
Saying goodbye to baby: ‘They take the only reason that you breathe away’Supporting mothers whose children have been removed for their safety is not always a fashionable cause, yet the reality of their lives is often complexWed Mar 29 2023 - 16:07
John Lewis is the corporate equivalent of a national treasure; be damned whoever messes with itA national panic attack follows a report that the John Lewis Partnership might sell a slice of the company to investors to raise £2bnWed Mar 29 2023 - 05:00
Humza Yousaf’s most pressing challenge is to hold off an expected Labour Party surgeNew SNP leader first must win as many seats as possible, whatever about winning independenceMon Mar 27 2023 - 17:35
Humza Yousaf to be Scotland’s new first minister after SNP leadership race winSNP leadership race: Health secretary holds off strong challenge from Kate Forbes to replace Nicola SturgeonMon Mar 27 2023 - 17:24
New SNP leader to be announced on Monday as its coalition partner hints it may walk awayScottish Greens warns that Nicola Sturgeon’s replacement must honour her agreement with itSun Mar 26 2023 - 12:20
SNP leadership race reaches cliffhanger after brutal contestHumza Yousaf remains the frontrunner to replace Nicola Sturgeon but his main challenger is not finished yetFri Mar 24 2023 - 15:25
Steve Baker, the unlikeliest doyen of British-Irish relationsLondon Letter: The MP for Wycombe was the toast of St Patrick’s Day events in London last weekWed Mar 22 2023 - 05:00
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond accused of ‘interfering’ in leadership raceHumza Yousaf, a frontrunner to replace Nicola Sturgeon, insists he can ‘reach across the divisions’ that have rattled the partyTue Mar 21 2023 - 18:58
IRA bomb in Warrington ‘almost made me give up’ on peace, says John MajorIrish Government represented at 30th anniversary commemoration of attack that killed two childrenMon Mar 20 2023 - 16:07
Strike talks the latest evidence of an outbreak of competence in UK governmentBritain appears to be pulling back from the brink of an industrial relations meltdownFri Mar 17 2023 - 16:55
UK government agrees £4bn NHS pay deal and will enter talks with striking teachersHopes raised that the rolling strikes across many British public services could soon endFri Mar 17 2023 - 16:26
Britain takes budget baby steps on the path to growthFew vested interests were able to pick the “padlocked pockets” of Britain’s cautious chancellor, Jeremy HuntFri Mar 17 2023 - 06:00
Jeremy Hunt claims British economy is ‘proving doubters wrong’ UK chancellor also extends free childcare to one- and two-year-olds in fiscal plan to increase workforceWed Mar 15 2023 - 10:28
As Britain ponders military future, war veterans such as Harry Winter reminisce about its pastLondon Letter: The 100-year old Welshman is the star turn at the relaunch of the RAF museum at Biggin HillWed Mar 15 2023 - 05:00
SNP leadership battle enters final 12 days as front-runners sell their visions for ScotlandKate Forbes and Humza Yousaf are vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland’s first ministerTue Mar 14 2023 - 21:27
Lineker affair exposes BBC’s curious relationship with Conservative powerThe frenzy over the presenters tweets is the culmination of years of Conservative Party pressure on the BBCMon Mar 13 2023 - 19:46
Tricolours fly high at London’s St Patrick’s parade London mayor Sadiq Khan says political upheaval of recent years never “soured relations” with Irish and Brotish people as it had with politiciansSun Mar 12 2023 - 18:56
Kate Forbes goes on the attack in bid for SNP leadershipSocially conservative candidate demolished the ministerial record of rival Humza YousafWed Mar 08 2023 - 20:15
Bus preacher offers to take us to paradise on the 295 to FulhamLondon Letter: People usually don’t even make eye contact on public transport. Yet here was a woman singing unabashedWed Mar 08 2023 - 05:06
Irish-owned UK online retail portal Ufurnish raises €3.8mSenior Irish businesswomen are among the backers of the business, which is chaired by Pat McCannWed Mar 08 2023 - 05:00
Britain to seek EU deals on illegal migration as it prepares to ban those arriving on ‘small boats’New law planned to deport and permanently ban migrants arriving on dinghies from FranceMon Mar 06 2023 - 17:22
Stopping the ‘small boats’ is key to Sunak’s plan to avoid electoral annihilationSunak to raise issue with Macron on Friday, three days after the UK unveils tough laws to ban and deport migrants who cross the English Channel on dinghiesMon Mar 06 2023 - 15:51
DUP calls for ‘less oversell and more reality’ from British government on Windsor FrameworkSinn Féin says no reason for unionist party to stay out of Assembly while it studies latest post-Brexit proposalsSun Mar 05 2023 - 11:05
DUP seeks to distance itself from Paisley’s downbeat Windsor Framework reactionFormer British prime minister Boris Johnson and former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, also weighed in on ThursdayThu Mar 02 2023 - 19:35
Matt Hancock’s lockdown WhatsApps: the drip feed that is gripping WestminsterJournalist Isabel Oakeshott breaches non-disclosure agreement to leak 100,000 of former health secretary’s messagesThu Mar 02 2023 - 17:05
Windsor Framework prompts round of soul-searching in Britain about its past aggressive approach to EUFrom Rishi Sunak’s warmth to the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen to Steve Baker’s emotional BBC interview calling for an end to populism, there has been a clear shift in toneWed Mar 01 2023 - 05:00
Windsor Framework: Dublin and EU expect Sunak to proceed with protocol deal even if DUP rejects itBritish prime minister visits North and hails deal as creating ‘the world’s most exciting’ economic zoneWed Mar 01 2023 - 05:00
Windsor Framework deal for Northern Ireland hailed as ‘new chapter’ in relationship between UK and EUPrime minister urges hardline Brexiteers in his party to back Windsor Framework as it would help Britain to ‘take back control’Mon Feb 27 2023 - 23:00
EU and UK renew vows of co-operation in venue where King Charles married CamillaBoth sides hail ‘decisive breakthrough’ of Windsor framework to replace Northern Ireland protocolMon Feb 27 2023 - 21:43
Rishi Sunak limbers up for a protocol showdown with Tory EuroscepticsWe will soon find out if the European Research Group is strong enough to hobble another British prime ministerMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:30
Sunak to sign Northern Ireland protocol deal with EU after months of negotiationsFocus will shift to DUP and Donaldson who must decide whether to back the agreement and restore powersharingMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:15
The State of Us by Jon Snow: A strong rallying cry for unspecified changeThe journalist skillfully identifies inequality as the root of many social ills, but does not prescribe solutionsSun Feb 26 2023 - 04:52
Kate Forbes’s bid for SNP leadership alive and kickingThe first poll of the leadership contest offers the social conservative hopeFri Feb 24 2023 - 18:31
Ex-British PM Boris Johnson wades into divisive Northern Ireland protocol debateFormer British prime minister appears to undermine the negotiating strategy of the current governmentThu Feb 23 2023 - 18:36
Britain champions Ukraine abroad while lapping up dirty Russian moneyThe UK’s moral stance on the invasion of Ukraine stands in contrast to London’s status as a playground for Putin’s friendsThu Feb 23 2023 - 05:00
‘Not realistic’ for Ukraine to defeat Russia this year, British government says Britain’s armed forces minister is ready to back Ukraine in a long struggle because ‘Putin must be seen to fail’Wed Feb 22 2023 - 20:11
North protocol: ‘I hear you loud and clear,’ Rishi Sunak tells DUPBritish prime minister promises to heed unionist concerns over Northern Ireland ProtocolWed Feb 22 2023 - 13:01
