Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to visit Stormont

Northern Ireland misses a deadline to fix its budget crisis

Stormont’s pleas for more Treasury billions overshadow Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant’s first day on the ground.

Border poll 'not top of my list of priorities', says Bryant

Chris Bryant was speaking as Stormont parties are still without agreement on a budget for the administration.

New Secretary of State in 'listening mode' as he meets NI parties for first time

"We have two ears and one mouth for good reason,” he said.

Sir Chris Bryant says Irish Sea border arrangements are 'pretty much settled' and NI should 'exploit' deal

The new Northern Ireland Secretary says that the Windsor Framework is “pretty much a settled position” and should be exploited – but has dodged a question on the impact of the human rights aspect of the deal on Northern Ireland.

Stormont accused of ‘negligence’ as budget deadline set to pass

Decision time for ministers over ‘fairer’ funding for Northern Ireland – O’Dowd

Stormont Finance Minister John O’Dowd was speaking ahead of new Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant meeting the parties later.