Ulster Unionist leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA said: “The package of measures announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak to support businesses and families is a mammoth intervention by the UK government to support our nation in...
Our health and social care system will only be able to cope with Covid-19 if we all rally behind it That is the message from Health Minister Robin Swann as major social distancing practices take effect...
Coronavirus has rightly been described as the biggest public health challenge of a generation. It may also be the greatest societal challenge since the Second World War. People across Northern Ireland are looking to me...
Ulster Unionist leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, has condemned Sinn Fein for sowing more fear and uncertainty in the community by disregarding medical and scientific advice in the fight against Coronavirus. Mr Aiken said: “Michelle O’Neill`s U-turn...
Ulster Unionist Party Health spokesperson, Alan Chambers MLA, said: “Michelle O`Neill should explain what medical or scientific advice she received which made Sinn Fein perform such a dramatic U-turn on how we deal with Coronavirus. She...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Steve Aiken OBE MLA said: “This is a substantial report that will need to be digested fully, but the headline findings are a sad indictment, not only on the inability of...
Steve Aiken OBE MLA, Ulster Unionist Party leader and Finance spokesperson, has given his reaction to the Budget announced by the Chancellor. Mr Aiken said: “We welcome today’s Budget and also the cut in interest rates announced...
Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey has called on the UK Government to take urgent action to ensure Northern Ireland’s air connectivity with the rest of the United Kingdom is maintained in the wake of the...
Ulster Unionist Councillor David Taylor has commented on news that Newtownhamilton High School and Newtownhamilton Primary School are to close for a week following confirmation that a high school pupil has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Councillor...
URGENT ORAL STATEMENT TO THE ASSEMBLY BY HEALTH MINISTER, ROBIN SWANN MLA - UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) Mr Speaker, further to my oral statement of Monday 2 March on COVID-19, I wish to give Members a...