The Stormont committee tasked with scrutinising proposed legislation to create a new body that will set MLAs’ pay has been accused of conducting its business “behind closed doors” The ad-hoc committee ...

Stormont MLAs have been reminded to “dress smartly” in the chamber. Speaker Edwin Poots said some Members of the Assembly have “a very loose interpretation of smart”. Issuing a reminder ...

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New plans to set pay levels for Stormont MLAs have been introduced in the assembly. For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the ...

MLAs at Stormont could be set to receive a £20,000 per year pay rise as part of a new independent panel being set up by the Northern Ireland Assembly. New legislation submitted to the Assembly on ...

MLAs debating Northern Ireland’s budget appeared not to notice that some of the figures in an official report they were ...

Stormont approved a motion on tackling gambling-related harms, which highlighted the “urgent need” for children to be protected from “targeted and pervasive” adverts across sport and social media, and ...

Assembly members (MLAs) are unlikely to receive "massive" pay rises as a result of the introduction of new plans to set pay ...

Stormont’s Opposition leader has called for a “new culture of accountability and taking responsibility”, arguing that a ...

Stormont Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald said she will seek ... closely to ensure our devolved powers are properly represented and respected,” she told MLAs. Economy Committee chair Philip Brett ...

Issuing a reminder about protocol during a plenary session of the Northern Ireland Assembly on Tuesday, Mr Poots told MLAs that he “sees everything” from his position. Mr Poots also noted ...