East Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA Michael Copeland has given a warm welcome to the news that the Department for Regional Development is to provide funding for Belfast City Council to provide a public bike hire...
Ulster Unionist Economy Spokesperson, Sandra Overend, has commented on the PwC Economic Outlook Report which states that 11,000 jobs have been lost in the private sector over the last 2 years. The report also sets...
Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliott has welcomed the decision by the Department for Regional Development to erect road signs at the main border crossings welcoming drivers to Northern Ireland. Mr Elliott said: “These signs provide a welcome...
Ulster Unionist Michael Copeland MLA has described news that people awaiting hip and knee operations in the Belfast Trust are facing waiting times of 36 weeks as “unacceptable”. The East Belfast MLA said: “It is totally unacceptable...
Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey has highlighted the implications for electoral arrangements at Stormont as well as Westminster if the Liberal Democrats block proposed Parliamentary Boundary changes following the abandonment of plans for reform of...
Ulster Unionist Agriculture spokesperson Jo-Anne Dobson MLA has stated that the latest rural crime figures issued by the National Farmers Union, make grim reading but reflect the bitter reality of life for many of Northern Ireland’s...
Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey has responded to comments by the Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg that plans to reform the House of Lords are to be abandoned. Lord Empey said: 'It comes as little surprise that...
Ulster Unionist Assembly Member for Mid-Ulster, Sandra Overend has highlighted Wendy Houvenaghel’s huge disappointment in not receiving a Gold Olympic Medal along with her teammates, Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell, and said that there are definitely...
Ulster Unionist Vice Chair of the Education Committee, Danny Kinahan MLA has called on Sinn Fein and the DUP to clarify their intentions on the Education Skills Authority. The South Antrim MLA said: “Unless the Education Minister...
Ulster Unionist Health spokesperson John McCallister has called upon the Health Minister to put the needs of children and young people ahead of spending reductions in vital areas of his Department. The South Down representative...