Jayne McCormackPolitical correspondent, BBC News NINorthern Ireland OfficeThe new framework - which has received a mixed reaction - was unveiled last month by Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn and ...

The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the UK's landmark climate change legislation and replace it with a strategy for "cheap and reliable" energy.The Climate Change Act 2008, which put ...

Getty ImagesLawmakers in the US have passed the country's first major national cryptocurrency legislation.It is a major milestone for the once fringe industry, which has been lobbying Congress over ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying "dangerous" and suggested it would lead to a “slippery slope” where more people would feel compelled to have ...