Ulster Unionist Justice spokesperson, Tom Elliott, has hit out at the Nationalist and Republican parties on the day that the National Crime Agency (NCA) has come into force in the rest of the United Kingdom. Sinn...
Following Gerry Adams speech in West Belfast on Sunday when he said that the silence has been deafening from the main Unionist parties regarding condemnation of violence, Ulster Unionist Councillor Mark Cosgrove said: “Given Gerry Adams`...
Jim Nicholson MEP and Tom Elliott MLA met with senior officials from the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) to discuss the Maze project and the future of money earmarked for the Peace Building and Conflict...
Responding to the news that there will be a new Parades Commission appointment process, Ulster Unionist Councillor and member of the Belfast Parades Forum, Mark Cosgrove said: “The last few years have been a very difficult...
Mike Nesbitt was shocked to read the current Victims` Commissioner`s views. Mr Nesbitt said: "As a former Victims` Commissioner I am highly aware of sensitive nature of her position, but frankly, if her aim is to avoid...
Ulster Unionist MLA Robin Swann has welcomed news carried in local North Antrim papers that funding for the Glarryford-Drones Road section of the A26 has been approved by the Minister of Finance. The North Antrim representative...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson Sandra Overend MLA has expressed her amazement at the Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland’s description of a question about an alleged £18 million overspend by the Housing Executive as “somewhat irrelevant”. Mrs...
The Ulster Unionist Party has welcomed today’s announcement of hundreds of new jobs at a call-centre in east Belfast. Economy spokesperson Sandra Overend MLA said: “The news that a total of 993 jobs are to be created...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has welcomed the European Commission’s proposals to simplify EU rules as part of an effort to ensure Brussels is more focused on bigger issues. Mr Nicholson said, “This is a time...
Ulster Unionist Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy told an engineering conference today that his Department would do everything in his power to build an infrastructure legacy to give people more travel choices.Speaking during a keynote address...