The Chancellor warned of a ‘serious risk’ to the technology sector from the bank’s failure.

International firms are ‘queuing up’ to invest in what could be the ‘world’s most exciting economic zone’, the British prime minister said

The drugs giant has switched plans to build its new manufacturing facility from north-west England to Dublin

Jeremy Hunt also said the NI Executive would receive a further £650 million in additional funding over two years to boost public services.

A DUP MP this week said civil servants were holding back the payments as a lever to restore Stormont.

The new Chancellor has ditched promised tax cuts by his predecessor saying the basic rate of income tax will remain at 20p.

The actress had been on the Today programme paying tribute to the late actor Robbie Coltrane, who died on Friday.

The Taoiseach has said the Government is wary of economic turmoil in the UK spilling over to Ireland