He spent only six months in Northern Ireland, but Julian Smith is remembered as the most popular Secretary of State since Mo ...

He had been the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland since September 2023 ... “When we stand for office, our constituents expect us to go to work and do our job, not to say ‘well ...

The newly appointed Secretary of State has reaffirmed the UK ... Sir Keir has already said he will visit Northern Ireland during his first days in office.

A veteran Labour MP has been named as Northern Ireland's new secretary of state. Hilary Benn has been ... responsibility for the Northern Ireland Office and will see him working alongside other ...

Former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has taken up a new role as a senior advisor to a UK-based “crypto asset recovery and insurance firm”.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has said a rise in ... according to the Northern Ireland Audit Office. Asked about the higher proportion of Pip claimants in Northern Ireland, Mr Benn ...

The Secretary of State has announced plans for a new independent, Public History relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Office said on Thursday that Lord Caine ...

The Secretary of State has triggered the process to enable ... to decide if the current arrangements including the Northern Ireland protocol should continue. Under the agreement the process ...

Tributes have been paid to the former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, who has died at the ...

The Secretary of State has insisted “nothing has changed” and a border poll remains “a long way off” after a row over comments by a Northern Ireland Office minister. Hilary Benn tried to ...