UUP Councillor, Kyle Savage, has urged the Agriculture Minister to seek common ground between the Private Members` Bill on Climate Change in Stormont and his own Bill. An Ulster Unionist Party amended motion calling for...
John Stewart MLA, Deputy Chair of the NI Assembly Executive Office Committee, has stated that EU failure to recognise the damage being caused to the Belfast Agreement will lead to continued instability. Mr Stewart said: “I was...
UUP DAERA spokesperson Rosemary Barton MLA said: “As we approach the summer months many people are turning their attention to a long-awaited break and many are choosing to stay within the UK because of the uncertainty...
Ulster Unionist MLA Mike Nesbitt has warned the Department for Communities (DfC) that it needs to get to grips with the current crisis in PIP assessment, and not seek to involve the Health Department as...
Vaccination opens doors to normality, Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised. In an open letter (below), the Minister makes a personal appeal to people who have not yet been jabbed, saying: “Please don’t put off your...
Roy Beggs MLA has expressed his alarm at the lack of recognition given by the EU Commission to the adverse effect that the NI Protocol is having on medical supplies to Northern Ireland and is...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson Mike Nesbitt MLA has welcomed the news that the Department for the Economy is delivering practical financial support to protect essential air connectivity between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Mike Nesbitt said: "The...
Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed June monitoring round allocations of funding for the health service. Mr Swann was speaking after the allocations were announced by Finance Minister Conor Murphy. These include £31.5m for alleviating waiting...
Following comments from Lord Deben that Stormont instability could hinder emissions targets, Steve Aiken MLA said: “Lord Deben’s comments today should be a wake-up call to all those who believe that we are running out of...
A three-year blueprint for rebuilding cancer care in Northern Ireland has today been published by Health Minister Robin Swann. The recovery plan sets out a series of short and medium term initiatives to enhance services badly...