South Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA Michael McGimpsey has welcomed the decision by the Northern Ireland Planning Service to recommend for refusal plans to construct 391 student flats in the heart of Sandy Row. His statement follows...
The Ulster Unionist Party has warned that unless the Executive’s Draft Budget for 2015/16 is reworked it will only lead to an inevitable repeat of the financial crisis in public spending experienced in the current financial year. In...
Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson for Children and Young People, Sandra Overend MLA, has welcomed the launch of the NSPCC ‘Share Aware’ campaign, which aims to provide straightforward advice for parents of 8 to 12-year-old children...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, and has raised concern about the wave of anti-semitism in Europe. Mr Nicholson said: "The events that have unfolded in Paris since the brutal...
Newry & Armagh Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy has expressed his concerns for local construction jobs following the announcement that retail giant Tesco is to abandon plans to open a number of stores across the...
The Mayor of Craigavon, Councillor Colin McCusker has written to the President of France, Francois Hollande following the terrorist attack in Paris on Wednesday, to offer condolences on behalf of the citizens of Craigavon to...
Danny Kinahan MLA, Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson on education, has said that the UK Government financial package to Northern Ireland, arising out of the Stormont House talks, will not help to solve the present budgetary...
Danny Kinahan, Ulster Unionist MLA for South Antrim, has expressed his shock at the murder of a man near Randalstown. Mr Kinahan said: “I am shocked to hear of this murder. It is tragic that someone has...
Ulster Unionist Leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA, has expressed his shock and outrage at the murderous terrorist attack at the Paris-based satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Mr Nesbitt said: “As a former journalist, and a politician, I condemn utterly...
Ulster Unionist MLA Michael McGimpsey has warned that the decision of each of Northern Ireland’s five Health Trusts to cancel swathes of non-urgent operations was yet another disclosure of the immense challenges currently facing the...