Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson, has warned that no ‘assurances’ from the Government nor the European Union have the same weight as a legally binding international treaty, as MPs prepare to vote later today on...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Robin Swann MLA has said that letters of assurance between the EU and UK are not worth the paper they are written on unless they are backed up by changes to...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson, who was instrumental in establishing the PEACE Programme, has responded angrily to Secretary of State Karen Bradley linking future PEACE funding post-Brexit to support for the PM’s withdrawal agreement. Jim Nicholson...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Robin Swann MLA, has said that the UK Government should move to extend Article 50 sooner rather than later. Robin Swann MLA said: “The Ulster Unionist Party is clear that leaving the...
Ulster Unionist Health Spokesperson, Roy Beggs MLA, has said it is ridiculous that the Department of Health believes it must choose between training the right number of doctors or cutting local services.Roy Beggs said:“Northern Ireland...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Robin Swann MLA has called on DAERA to lift the ban on farmers spreading slurry in order to allow them to make use of the recent unusually mild and dry weather.Robin...
Ulster Unionist Party welfare spokesperson, Robbie Butler MLA, has called on the UK Government to suspend the roll-out of Universal Credit until fundamental reforms on the flawed benefit can be carried out.Robbie Butler said:“Last weekend the...
The Ulster Unionist Party Leader Robin Swann MLA has paid tribute to Dr Ian Adamson who has sadly passed away. Robin Swann MLA said: “Dr Ian Adamson represented the Victoria electoral area on Belfast City Council...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Robin Swann MLA, said that the UK Government will only address concerns over the backstop by seeking changes to the legal text of the Withdrawal Agreement. Robin Swann MLA said: “The...
On the second anniversary of the collapse of the Stormont institutions, Ulster Unionist Health Spokesperson Roy Beggs MLA has urged the Secretary of State to intervene on the deteriorating situation in the local health service....