Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is in line for "a pay day from the taxpayer" under plans to repeal the Legacy Act, a ...

Mr Adams has consistently denied being a member of the IRA. A clause in the act currently blocks payouts to him and about 400 ...

Shadow Attorney General Lord Wolfson KC says Labour’s reasonings for planning to repeal the Legacy Act ‘make no sense’ ...

Prime Minister’s spokesman says Northern Ireland Secretary responsible for move which could open door for payouts to jailed ...

Keir Starmer has promised to ‘look at every conceivable way to prevent’ the former Sinn Fein leader receiving compensation.

A thinktank backed by 16 peers has criticised the government's plan to lift a ban on compensation for unlawful detention ...

The Prime Minister represented an IRA criminal and an armed robber years before his decision to repeal the Legacy Act.

Mr Adams won his appeal to overturn historical convictions for two attempted prison breaks, after he was interned without ...

Sections of the Legacy Act agreed by parliament in 2023 in response to the Supreme Court ruling have blocked Mr Adams from receiving compensation. But after the High Court in Belfast ruled in ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is looking at “every conceivable way” to stop former Troubles internees such as Gerry Adams from ...

Sir Keir Starmer said on Wednesday the Government would look at ‘every conceivable way’ to stop these claimants receiving ...

Keir Starmer has said he would look at "every conceivable way" to block the former Sinn Féin MP and leader from receiving a ...