Ulster Unionist MLA Michael McGimpsey has warned that the situation in hospitals across Northern Ireland is growing increasingly dire. The former Health Minister was speaking after the Executive agreed the budget for 2016/17. Mr McGimpsey said: “On...
Danny Kennedy MLA has said it is vital any proposed strategy to deal with paramilitarism in Northern Ireland captures public confidence. Mr Kennedy said: “We called for the issue of paramilitarism and associated criminality to be dealt...
Ulster Unionist Councillor Colin McCusker has called on the authorities to ‘root out’ those responsible for the overnight punishment shooting in the Meadowbrook area of Craigavon. A number of men forced their way into a...
Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott has welcomed today’s High Court Judgement which ruled that ex-soldiers who face questioning over Bloody Sunday should not be arrested and brought to Northern Ireland for police interviews. Mr Elliott said: “The...
Ulster Unionist Fermanagh & South Tyrone MP Tom Elliott has demanded tougher sentences for those convicted of burglary. After speaking to a constituent who was left feeling very vulnerable after her Dungannon home was robbed, Mr...
Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim, Danny Kinahan, has urged the Prime Minister to do all that he can to maintain and strengthen the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Danny Kinahan said: “The preservation and...
Ulster Unionist Leader Mike Nesbitt has called on the First and deputy First Ministers to be honest about the real level of funding involved in the so-called ‘Fresh Start’ Agreement, following a statement by the...
Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson on employment and learning, Robin Swann MLA, has described the decline in uptake of and investment in apprenticeships in Northern Ireland as indicative of a Stormont Executive with no economic policy...
Ulster Unionist peer Lord Empey has once again challenged the Government on the importance of access from Northern Ireland to the main national hub airport at Heathrow and stated that without such access, Northern Ireland...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has called for greater co-operation and sharing of best practice to support all innocent victims and survivors of terrorism. Speaking in a European Parliament debate on ‘Protection for Victims of...