The case was appealing a coroner's intention to release details about the loyalist murder of Paul Thompson in 1994.

Delivering the judgment earlier this week, Lord Stephens noted that the British Government considered that “disclosing those ...

The Government has said it will consider how a Supreme Court ruling over a Troubles death is relevant to calls for it to ...

Wednesday’s ruling was on a challenge by the Northern Secretary to the decision by coroner Louisa Fee to disclose “gists” of ...

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn said he is confident legislation to set up new Troubles legacy structures will get passed at Westminster. The proposed legacy reforms were among ...

IF the hope was that our latest Secretary of State, Hilary Benn, would bring some of his father Tony’s passion for social ...

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has today (Wednesday 17 December) expressed his regret that the latest search for disappeared teenager Columba ...

Nothing in the government's new Troubles legacy legislation is a direct threat to national security, the Northern Ireland secretary has said. Hilary Benn was responding to questions from MPs as the ...

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn insisted that identifying agents risks ‘jeopardising’ national security, ...

Hilary Benn has once again said a border poll “is a long way off” – and that supporters of a referendum on Northern Ireland’s ...