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Parliament Of The United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51°29′57.5″N 00°07′29.1″W / 51.499306°N 0.124750°W The Parliament of the United Kingdom[note 1] is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and the British overseas territories.[3][4] It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and the overseas territories [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |
Brandon Lewis
Brandon Kenneth Lewis CBE PC (born 20 June 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2020 and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth since 2010. Lewis previously served as Minister for Security and Deputy for EU Exit from 2019 to 2020, and Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from 2018 to 2019.[1] Lewis was born on 20 June 1971 in Harold Wood in London[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |
Rates (tax)
Rates are a type of property tax system in the United Kingdom, and in places with systems deriving from the British one, the proceeds of which are used to fund local government. Some other countries have taxes with a more or less comparable role, like France's taxe d'habitation. Levied on domestic propertLevied on domestic property as well as non-domestic premises. Prior to 2000, it was used to fund municipal services, the responsibility of the now-abolished Urban Council and Regional Council, through the Urban Services Department and Regional Services Department. The revenue now goes to the Treasury [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |
Michelle O'Neill
O'Neill comes from an Irish republican family in Clonoe, County Tyrone. She was born in Fermoy, County Cork.[6] Her father Brendan Doris was a Provisional IRA prisoner and Sinn Féin councillor.[7] Her uncle Paul Doris is a former national president of the Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID).[8] A cousin, Tony Doris, was one of three IRA members shot dead by the SAS in 1991.[9] Another cousin, IRA volunteer Gareth Malachy Doris, was shot and wounded during the 1997 Coalisland attack.[10]
After the death of Brendan Doris in 2006, Martin McGuinness paid tribute to the Doris family as "a well-known and respected republican family [who] have played a significant role in the republican struggle for many years".[11]
O'Neill attended St
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