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The Prime Minister and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, today.

• Updated: 5 February 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of Ireland.

• Updated: 30 January 2024

Lord Jack McConnell reaffirmed the UK's strong commitment to bringing international expertise on devolution & democratic governance to support the BARMM peace process.

• Updated: 14 July 2023

Dame Carolyn McCall, chief executive of ITV plc, has been appointed as a member of the government’s Levelling Up Advisory Council.

• Updated: 28 April 2023

UK government holds positive talks with devolved governments in Blackpool for 38th British-Irish Council Summit.

• Updated: 11 November 2022

Former Bank of England Chief Economist and Head of the Levelling Up Taskforce appointed.

• Updated: 27 June 2022

Statement by the Northern Ireland Secretary, Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, regarding the NI Assembly election results.

• Updated: 7 May 2022

First ever annual report on intergovernmental relations shows a year of collaboration and cooperation with the devolved governments.

• Updated: 31 March 2022

Speech by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations.

• Updated: 24 February 2022

Michael Gove to unveil the government’s flagship Levelling Up White Paper, setting out a plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it.

• Updated: 2 February 2022

A landmark agreement setting out how the UK and devolved governments will work closely together to deliver for people across the whole of the United Kingdom has been published.

• Updated: 13 January 2022

Defence appoints a Welsh Language Champion as part of the updated Welsh Language Scheme

• Updated: 15 December 2021

A meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) took place at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 2 December 2021.

• Updated: 2 December 2021

The Prime Minister will chair a virtual meeting of the First and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, First Ministers of Scotland and Wales on Monday 18 October.

• Updated: 14 October 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's article in the Belfast Telegraph newspaper.

• Updated: 13 August 2020

Letters from the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP to the Devolved Administrations.

• Updated: 16 July 2020

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has written to representatives from the Scottish and Welsh Governments

• Updated: 14 June 2020

UK Government confirms further £95m to support the devolved administration in Wales tackle coronavirus

• Updated: 21 April 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to Belfast on Monday to meet the newly appointed Executive.

• Updated: 13 January 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement on Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 11 January 2020