Conservative Party in Northern Ireland dismisses Sinn Fein's renewed calls for a Border Poll.

At Parliament Buildings, the Secretary of State delivered an update regarding the political situation in Northern Ireland.

Staffordshire Moorlands MP, Karen Bradley has been appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by the Prime Minister today in her Cabinet reshuffle.

The Secretary of State today announced that he has asked Trevor Reaney to provide him with advice on pay for Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in the absence of an Executive and sitting Assembly. The Secretary of State was speaking during the Second Reading of the Northern Ireland Budget Bill.

Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP delivers a statement to Parliament on the NI Budget Bill.

In the upcoming snap General Election, called for 8th of June 2017, the Conservatives will stand candidates in 7 constituencies in Northern Ireland.  

The constituencies and prospective parliamentary candidates are as follows:

The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP is the latest in a string of senior UK politicians to support the local Conservatives in the 2nd March Stormont election

Parliamentary Private Secretary for Culture, Media & Sport is the latest senior UK politician to support the local Conservative candidates on the campaign trail for this week’s Stormont election

Frank Shivers, Conservative Candidate in North Down, is asking voters to use their first preference vote to ensure real change at Stormont on March 2nd.

Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, was in Coleraine canvassing support for the Conservatives campaigning for the Stormont election on 2nd March.