
The week outside Westminster
The prime minister and Scottish secretary will visit Scotland today, with first minister Alex Salmond set to issue a £700 million demand.

The prime minister and Scottish secretary will visit Scotland today, with first minister Alex Salmond set to issue a £700 million demand.

Ahead of the final Northern Ireland leaders’ debate on the BBC tonight, the electoral alliance between the Tories and UUP is once again under intense scrutiny.

With just days to go until the country goes to the polls, Left Foot Forward assesses what to look out for on election Night in Northern Ireland.

The week’s news from outside Westminster.

With a little over a week until polling day, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has been forced to increase security checks in response to a car bomb attack last week.

The Ulster Conservatives and Unionists has formally launched its manifesto for the general election.

Northern Irish MPs must work together for the good of everyone & address the real concerns of the public instead of wrapping themselves in one flag or another.

When Margaret Ritchie won the leadership of the SDLP in February, she said: “I have an organisational plan and an agenda for change that will make us stronger.”

In 2007, Jim Allister, then one of the DUP’s MEP’s resigned from the party in protest over his parties’ agreement to form a coalition government with Sinn Fein.

The latest from the campaign trail in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.