Andy Allen MLA, Ulster Unionist Communities spokesperson has criticised the lack of progress in modernising Northern Ireland’s licensing laws. Mr Allen said: “The perennial issue of Northern Ireland’s highly restrictive entertainment and liquor licensing laws is again...
Ulster Unionist MLA Doug Beattie MC, has said that the ongoing investigation into the activities of the agent known as ‘Stakeknife’ will be very uncomfortable for a number of senior republicans. Mr Beattie said: “If there is...
The following Platform piece by Doug Beattie MC MLA, appeared in the Newsletter today, Wednesday 12 April 2017. "In 1999 I worked in Kosovo alongside United Nations police – an international police force set up to...
Ulster Unionist Health Spokesperson, Roy Beggs MLA, has warned that the Bengoa health reforms could face the same fate of the ultimately unsuccessful Transforming Your Care policy. The East Antrim MLA was commenting after the...
North Belfast Ulster Unionist representative Robert Foster has backed an anti-drugs campaign by the family of Belfast man Jamie Burns who lost his life after taking a tablet on a night out in November. Mr Foster...
Danny Kinahan, Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim, has pledged his full support to the campaign to fund a civil court action against the chief suspect in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing, John Downey. Danny Kinahan...
Robin Swann MLA, Party Leader Speech at the Ulster Unionist Party 2017 AGM/Spring Conference Crowne Plaza Hotel CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY My fellow Unionists may I start my tenure as leader of this famous and great party by...
Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey met with Minister of State at the Home Office, Baroness Williams of Trafford, yesterday to discuss his amendment to the Criminal Finances Bill which aims to secure compensation for victims...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has welcomed commitments from EU leaders to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland. Speaking as MEPs debated the European Parliament’s Brexit negotiating position, Mr Nicholson also emphasised that...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has said that Gibraltar “must not and will not be used as a bargaining chip” in Brexit negotiations. Mr Nicholson also reiterated calls he made alongside Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, for...