Summary

  • Updates for Monday 27 June 2016

  • Chancellor George Osborne says UK ready to face EU withdrawal from 'position of strength'

  • UUP's Mike Nesbitt calls on first minister for clarity over NI's future after referendum result

  • Shadow NI secretary Vernon Coaker among resignations as Labour Party descends into crisis

  1. Foster says focus must be on safeguarding NI interestspublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    DUP leader Arlene Foster has said the focus must be on preserving Northern Ireland's interests following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.

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  2. Irish stock exchange taking a hitpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

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  3. 'Osborne juggling his own daggers'published at 15:18 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Kamal Ahmed
    Economics editor

    From Project Blimey This Is Scary, welcome to Project Reassure - the fundamentals, George Osborne insisted, have not changed.

    George OsborneImage source, Reuters

    The chancellor has been tasked with being the lead member of the continuity club, and that will mean him juggling his own daggers.

  4. Voting changes things - O'Dowdpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

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  5. Brexit debate at Stormont to resume laterpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

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  6. Date set for new Conservative leaderpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Norman Smith
    Assistant political editor

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  7. Assembly's duty to reassure people - Longpublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

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  8. 'Managing expectations will be key'published at 14:27 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Mark Easton
    Home editor

    Just as the Chancellor spent the morning trying to calm the City, so there will be a need to manage the expectations of the country.

    A man carries a bag bearing a Union flag design and the slogan: Keep calm and carry onImage source, Getty Images

    Real politics will inevitably mean concession and compromise after a campaign in which both sides seemed at times to suggest it was a choice between Utopia and Armageddon.

  9. DUP denies '£350m to NHS' claimpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    DUP MP Gregory Campbell says nobody knows how much the NHS will benefit as a result of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, in spite of his party supporting a claim that it would receive an extra £350m a week.

    Gregory CampbellImage source, Press Eye

    DUP members erected posters in Northern Ireland bearing that claim, but Mr Campbell now tells the Stephen Nolan Show: "That's not what was said. In two-and-a-half years' time, we don't know what the budget will be."

  10. 'Unprecedented demand' for Irish passportspublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    A post office in Armagh says it's had an unprecedented demand for applications for Irish passports since the result of the EU referendum was announced.

    An Irish passportImage source, Hemera

    "We handed out approximately 400 forms [on Friday], which is unheard of here," owner Gavin Emerson adds."We have never handed out more forms in such a space of time ever before."

  11. 'UK suffers leadership gap in risky times'published at 13:47 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Nick Robinson
    Presenter, Radio 4 Today

    WANTED. For a small island heading to an unknown destination in dangerous times: Leadership.

    David CameronImage source, PA

    The fallout from the biggest exercise in popular democracy has already been dramatic - claiming the scalp of a prime minister and, potentially, that of the opposition leader too.

    It has, though, only just begun.

  12. EU referendum petition hijacked by botspublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    An online petition calling for a second EU referendum has been hijacked by automated bots adding false signatures.

    A screenshot of the petition calling for a second EU referendumImage source, AFP/Getty Images

    Thousands of names appeared to have come from people in Vatican City and Antarctica, and the House of Commons petitions committee says it's removed 77,000 signatures and is investigating.

  13. O'Dowd pledges to defend immigrantspublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

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  14. Conservatives need uniting leader - Crabbpublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb says the Conservative Party needs a leader who can unite the UK.

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    Mr Crabb, who has been touted as a leadership contender, says that whoever takes over as prime minister must be someone who can talk to Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

  15. Older people 'denigrated' in EU referendumpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

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  16. Brexit should not hit Irish budget - Kennypublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the UK's decision to leave the EU should not have an impact on the Republic of Ireland's budget next year.

    Enda KennyImage source, PA

    Mr Kenny says the flow of trade and services from the Republic to the UK  should not be immediately impacted on, but adds that his government will take steps to protect economic stability.

  17. Johnson pledges more EU co-operationpublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Boris Johnson says the UK will continue to "intensify" co-operation with the EU after the country's vote to leave.

    Boris JohnsonImage source, Reuters

    In his column in today's Daily Telegraph, the leading Leave campaigner said: "I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe, and always will be."

  18. Era of uncertainty will last years - Nesbittpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Northern Ireland is "in an era of uncertainty" that will last years, UUP leader Mike Nesbitt says during the assembly debate on the UK's vote to leave the EU.

    Mike Nesbitt

    "Why is there no contingency plan to deal with this calamity?" he asks.

  19. Three-hour slot for Brexit debatepublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 27 June 2016

    Parliament Buildings at Stormont

    Stormont's business committee has allocated up to three hours for the debate on the UK's vote to leave the EU.