A bill to legalise gay marriage is being published by the British Government today.

A new report into the loyalist murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is to be examined by security chiefs to ensure it does not put lives at risk.

A volcanic ash “supremo” was appointed today by the British Government.

The British Government will make payments to former detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to settle High Court actions and help pave the way for an inquiry into allegations of British complicity in torture, the Justice Secretary said today.

The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Owen Patterson is insisting the British Government has not had any meaningful or serious talks with dissident republicans.

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today that the British Government was “profoundly sorry” that the victims of the 1972 Claudy bombing and their families had been denied justice.

The British Government is stepping into the row between BA and the Unite Trade union to try to stop more strikes by cabin crew.

The 100% guarantee on savers’ deposits held within Northern Rock is to removed within weeks as the British Government steps up plans to return the nationalised bank to the private sector, it was reported today.

Investors in nationalised Bradford & Bingley accused the British Government of “legalised theft” today as the failed bank’s valuer told them they may not receive news of any payouts until next summer.

The British government has criticised Channel 4’s decision to broadcast an Alternative Christmas Message by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Public sector finances were given a boost last month as the British government received the highest level of income tax receipts since records began more than 40 years ago, official figures showed today.

Belfast's Rape Crisis Centre is taking the British government to court in an effort to stop its budget from being cut.

Northern Secretary Peter Hain is set to allow the Stormont Assembly to sit until July 5, according to the Democratic Unionist Party.

The British government has announced plans to more than halve the number of unelected public bodies operating in the North.

The British government has announced details of a £250m (€364.3m) redundancy package for more than 3,000 soldiers in the North.

The British government has published legislation to allow paramilitary fugitives to return to the North without fear of imprisonment.

The British government has revealed that it is considering using controversial anti-terrorism "control orders" in the North.

The body set up to monitor paramilitary ceasefires in the North is due to give its latest assessment to the British Government later today.

The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams says the IRA will not disband at the demands of the British Government or the Ulster Unionist Party.

The British government is to make an announcement on who it will appoint to monitor the paramilitary ceasefires in the North.

The British Department of Health will provide top-up funding for "on-going" research into the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.

The British Government will today publish its implementation plan for policing reforms in the North.

The Ministry of Agriculture in Britain has denied it was planning a big increase in the foot-and-mouth slaughter regime, after Tory leader William Hague suggested details of a new cull were being held back until after the election.

The British Government is set to announce a major relaxation of its foot-and-mouth slaughter policy.