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Karen Bradley to do 'bare minimum' in absence of devolved government

Six months into her job as secretary of state, Karen Bradley remains cautious on the big issues facing a government-less Northern Ireland. She tells Political Correspondent John Manley that she plans to maintain a light touch

Karen Bradley says she will do the 'bare minimum' in the absence of devolution. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin
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KAREN Bradley says she spends every day thinking about how to break the Stormont impasse. If she has any fresh ideas about how the format of future talks may differ from those that broke down acrim[...]

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