The following Platform Piece was written by Cllr Doug Beattie MC, to welcome the adoption of the Armed Forces Community Covenant by ABC Council Anna Soubry MP, the then Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, once told...
Ulster Unionist Agriculture and Rural Development Spokesperson, Jo-Anne Dobson MLA has urged the Minister of Employment and Learning to protect education courses provided to rural communities. The Upper Bann MLA said: “Education which is based at the...
The Ulster Unionist Party has said if a practical proposal for an air ambulance in Northern Ireland is put to the Executive the Party will support it. Ulster Unionist Health Spokesperson, Jo-Anne Dobson MLA, said: “The tragic...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Foyle spokesperson, Julia Kee, has launched an online petition to retain Londonderry as the official title of Northern Ireland’s second largest city. The petition on the change.org website has attracted over...
A meeting of over 50 dairy farmers which took place in Donaghcloney on Monday morning has resulted in the Assembly’s Agriculture Committee being recalled to discuss the crisis in the local dairy industry.The meeting organised...
Ulster Unionist MLA Neil Somerville has welcomed the new adult safeguarding policy introduced in a joint partnership between the Department of Justice and the Department of Finance and Personnel. Mr Somerville, who is a member of...
Councillor Trevor Wilson, Ulster Unionist Party group leader on Mid Ulster District Council, has said that the solution to the skills shortage problem must be found locally, and has called for leadership from the new...
Robin Swann, Ulster Unionist Chair of Stormont’s Employment and Learning Committee, has commented on the revelation that Craigavon based global pharmaceutical company Almac could be forced to hire staff from abroad because of a skill...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Foyle spokesperson, Julia Kee, has condemned the latest attempt by Sinn Fein to change the official name of Londonderry to Derry as ‘divisive and unnecessary.’ Julia said: “This latest attempt by Sinn Fein...
Ulster Unionist MLA Michael McGimpsey has warned that the local Health Service has now passed the point of risking patient safety and a diminishing quality of care for many patients. Mr McGimpsey, the UUP MLA for...