# brandon-lewis - Sunday 17 July, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The claim was made by former Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 7 July, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
He served in the Northern Ireland Office in 2018, but resigned after ten months in response to the UK’s proposed Brexit withdrawal agreement.
# Round Two
- Dozens of UK government members have already resigned with demands for the prime minister to do the same.
- Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis resigned from his post this morning.
- Six other government members also resigned by 8.30am, signalling discontent that Johnson has not already left office.
# brandon-lewis - Sunday 26 June, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Westminster moved to cut MLA pay in 2017 after the executive collapsed over an energy scheme row.
# brandon-lewis - Sunday 12 June, 2022
# Here We Go Again
# Here We Go Again
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald criticised Brandon Lewis, saying he was ‘talking through his hat’.
# brandon-lewis - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The proposals are almost universally opposed by political parties across the UK and Ireland as well as victims’ groups.
# brandon-lewis - Tuesday 17 May, 2022
# Amnesty
# Amnesty
It comes the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Northern Ireland in a bid to restore power-sharing.
# brandon-lewis - Wednesday 4 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
Secretary of State Brandon Lewis said the Government is focusing on resolving issues with an agreement with the EU.
# brandon-lewis - Monday 28 March, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The British Northern Ireland Secretary said 200 GB businesses are not trading with the North.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 24 March, 2022
# Ni
# Ni
Secretary of State Brandon Lewis has set out the legislative options being explored in a written ministerial statement.
# brandon-lewis - Sunday 13 February, 2022
# Downing Street Parties
# Downing Street Parties
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the Prime Minister will ‘fight’ and win the next general election.
# brandon-lewis - Friday 11 February, 2022
# Northern Ireland Secretary
# Northern Ireland Secretary
Lewis said that it was “disappointing and wrong” that Paul Givan had resigned as the North’s First Minister.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 2 December, 2021
# Troubles
# Troubles
Controversial plans to end prosecutions for Troubles-era incidents were expected to be legislated for this autumn.
# brandon-lewis - Tuesday 9 November, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
Lewis said he is so far only experiencing mild symptoms.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 14 October, 2021
# Abortion
# Abortion
The court ruled that Lewis “failed to comply with his duties” by not ensuring provision for full abortion services for women in the region.
# brandon-lewis - Wednesday 14 July, 2021
# Troubles
# Troubles
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the proposals are “measured” and “balanced”.
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney said: “This is not a fait accompli.”
# brandon-lewis - Saturday 3 July, 2021
# The North
# The North
David Frost and Brandon Lewis said the current terms risk ‘creating a series of rolling crises’.
# brandon-lewis - Sunday 27 June, 2021
# The North
# The North
Lewis blamed the problems attributed to the Protocol on the EU’s “purist” implementation.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Protocol
# Protocol
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister said he hopes progress will be made in the sausage war trade dispute between the UK and the EU.
# brandon-lewis - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The comments came after outgoing DUP leader Edwin Poots said he had received a personal assurance that changes would be made to the Protocol.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The Tánaiste has said he welcomes the “agreement on an Irish Language Act going ahead”.
# brandon-lewis - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# The North
# The North
Brandon Lewis flew into Belfast for talks, saying he is exploring ‘all options’ in his efforts to keep powersharing on track.
# Stormont
# Stormont
Paul Frew’s comments came as Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis faced calls from Sinn Fein to end the impasse.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# Ballymurphy Massacre
# Ballymurphy Massacre
A No 10 spokesperson said Johnson “apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK government” on the call.
# brandon-lewis - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Diplomacy
# Diplomacy
It follows a meeting between Simon Coveney and Northern Ireland’s Secretary of State in Dublin today.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# The North
# The North
Brandon Lewis said it is unacceptable that women and girls in the North cannot access abortion services.
# brandon-lewis - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# Brandon Lewis
# Brandon Lewis
Brandon Lewis could have the power to rollout services from London next month.
# brandon-lewis - Friday 19 March, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The UK Government has stated disappointment that full abortion services have not yet been commissioned in Northern Ireland
# brandon-lewis - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Belfast
# Belfast
Finucane was shot by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his family in Belfast.
# brandon-lewis - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Brandon Lewis
# Brandon Lewis
NI Secretary Brandon Lewis said that UK proposals over the EU agreement could “break international law”.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# 100 Years
# 100 Years
A Centenary Forum and Centenary Historical Advisory Panel will be created.
# brandon-lewis - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
The plans will deliver on the government’s promise to protect its former soldiers.
# brandon-lewis - Friday 14 February, 2020
# Cabinet
# Cabinet
Smith was sacked as NI secretary during the Cabinet reshuffle.
# brandon-lewis - Thursday 13 February, 2020
# Brandon Lewis
# Brandon Lewis
He succeeds Julian Smith who was sacked today.