To transfer Dean Acheson’s quip on Britain’s decline onto a microscopic scale, the SDLP has lost an electorate and failed to find a role in politics here to provide the party with a substitute.

Colum Eastwood says the SDLP is "here to stay" despite last year's "bruising" election The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader has dismissed political "naysayers" and insisted his ...

SDLP leader John Hume has stepped down from the Northern Ireland Assembly. Speaker Lord Alderdice confirmed he had received a letter from the Nobel peace laureate announcing his decision.

MLAs debated the statistics that shame Northern Ireland. Four motions on ending violence and discrimination against women were proposed by the SDLP at Stormont.

Senior SDLP member Claire Hanna has said she would never be a Fianna Fáil MLA ahead of a conference on the parties' proposed partnership. The SDLP membership meets on Saturday to discuss the ...