Chris Heaton-Harris

SNP leadership hopefuls take part in second televised debate – as it happened

Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf take part in debate hosted by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Tom Ambrose (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)

09, Mar, 2023 @8:55 PM

Boris Johnson hints he may not support Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal

Ex-PM says controversial bill is best way forward as lawyers advising Tory Eurosceptics submit fresh proposal

Lisa O'Carroll and Jessica Elgot

23, Feb, 2023 @6:44 PM

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Brexit fix: PM risks a Tory war he may lose | Editorial

Editorial: The Conservative party leader needs to fight to get a deal on the Northern Ireland protocol

Editorial

20, Feb, 2023 @6:25 PM

Blair's failures over the Omagh bombing have become outright hostility to the truth under the Conservatives | Fintan O’Toole

A new inquiry into the 1998 massacre may help the bereaved. But Rishi Sunak’s government wants to be rid of the legal mechanism that allowed it , says Irish Times journalist Fintan O’Toole

Fintan O’Toole

06, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM

Tory plans for anti-strike law covering NHS and teachers ‘wrong and illegal’, says TUC – as it happened

The proposed legislation aims to enforce ‘minimum service levels’ in six key public services

Andrew Sparrow

05, Jan, 2023 @6:29 PM

Second cabinet minister says Twitter account hacked

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris apologises after account posts ‘deeply unpleasant stuff’

Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

05, Jan, 2023 @10:54 AM

UK set for new wave of strikes as civil servants and train drivers vote for action – as it happened

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Andrew Sparrow

10, Nov, 2022 @5:49 PM

‘What does a tosh look like?’: Musk responds to minister’s Twitter plea

Northern Ireland secretary calls on platform’s owner to eliminate fake news after false resignation email

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

10, Nov, 2022 @11:31 AM

UK nurses’ pay rise demand ‘remarkably high’, says minister as strike looms

Chris Heaton-Harris refuses to say if nurses should be paid same as politicians, amid RCN warning NHS services are unsafe

Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

10, Nov, 2022 @10:04 AM

Braverman says police should handle protesters more robustly; Sunak ‘regrets’ appointing Williamson – as it happened

Home secretary believe police definition of ‘serious disruption’ is too narrow; Keir Starmer tells PM Williamson was ‘pathetic bully’

Andrew Sparrow

09, Nov, 2022 @5:38 PM

Northern Ireland election delay leads to claims region is UK-EU political football

Two main parties say Chris Heaton-Harris has failed to provide clarity with refusal to set election date

Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

01, Nov, 2022 @7:57 PM

Northern Ireland faces another pointless election thanks to London’s Brexit mess | Fintan O’Toole

Rishi Sunak can begin to make Britain a serious country again by trying to make the NI protocol work. But will he? asks Fintan O’Toole of the Irish Times

Fintan O’Toole

28, Oct, 2022 @5:04 PM