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An increase in UK defence spending is part of a "macho agenda of militarisation", Northern Ireland's first minister has said. Michelle O'Neill was speaking after the chancellor used her Spring ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has expressed concern over benefit reforms described as the biggest shake-up to the welfare system in a generation. Measures proposed by the Government include ...