The Ulster Unionist Party has today launched the fourth in a series of detailed policy papers. The latest document focuses on the growing concern for cancer care across Northern Ireland. Some of the key proposals in...
Ulster Unionist South Antrim Assembly candidate Steve Aiken has rejected claims made in a recent report by Canadian based academics which maintains that ending partition could bring benefits of £25 billion to the all-island economy. Mr...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has expressed his condolences to the families of the innocent victims killed and injured in the attacks in Brussels this morning. Mr Nicholson said: "In the European Parliament this morning we held...
Alderman Arnold Hatch, a member of the UK delegation on the Committee of the Regions and President of the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NLGA), has added condolences to the victims of those affected by...
East Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA Andy Allen has called for action to develop a redress package for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse. Mr Allen said: “Earlier today I attended a roundtable discussion organised by the...
Ulster Unionist welfare spokesperson Roy Beggs MLA has welcomed the Government U-turn on further proposed reductions to disability benefits.Roy Beggs MLA said:“As a result of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, the Disability Living Allowance is...
The Ulster Unionist Westminster team was delighted to see food and drink companies from all over Northern Ireland come to the Houses of Parliament today. Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Tom Elliott said: “Today we saw some...
Danny Kinahan MP has welcomed news that the United Kingdom’s rate of Corporation Tax is set to drop to 17% by 2020. The announcement was made as the Chancellor outlined his 2016 Budget. Danny Kinahan MP...
Tom Elliott MP has responded to the Chancellor’s 2016 Budget. The Budget brought a number of announcements involving Northern Ireland, including £4million in funding for a Northern Ireland air ambulance. Tom Elliott MP said: “There are a...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson, Adrian Cochrane Watson MLA, has said that the Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell and the Stormont system have failed Northern Ireland’s renewable energy sector. Mr Cochrane-Watson said: “I entered Stormont in June 2015 and...