The Ulster Unionist Party’s Communities spokesperson, Andy Allen MBE MLA, has challenged the Communities Minister to implement urgent changes to the PIP application system after a damning report from the Public Services Ombudsman highlighted systemic...
Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccination centres are now offering first dose appointments to everyone aged 18 and over, as part of the drive to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. In recent weeks, the...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has written to EU Commission Vice President Maroš Šefcovic to highlight the harmful impact that the Northern Ireland Protocol is having on the supply of medicines from...
Cataract patients are set to benefit from a new one-stop see and treat service model at the Downe Hospital. The new model being piloted by the South Eastern Trust is part of a wider programme to...
Health Minister Robin Swann has set out all the ways testing can help keep people safe from COVID-19. “Alongside vaccination and contact tracing, testing is one of the main pillars of protection against the virus,” the...
East Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA Andy Allen MBE has called on the First and deputy First Ministers to ensure that welfare mitigation legislation submitted by the Communities Minister in March, is tabled at this week’s...
Health Minister Robin Swann has published a Consultation Analysis Report on the Draft Mental Health Strategy, which itself was published in December. Welcoming the input from all those who participated in the consultation, Minister Swann said: “I...
Ulster Unionist MLA Mike Nesbitt is calling on the Alliance Party’s North Down MP Stephen Farry, to apologise and withdraw his outrageous comment made on BBC Radio this morning that unionism has created a ‘grievance...
Ulster Unionist Party leader, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has requested an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State, Brandon Lewis MP. Mr Beattie said: “I have requested an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State seeking immediate...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has stated that the Loyalist Communities Council should not be a forum to create division. Mr Beattie said: “Yet again unionism finds itself on the back foot because a...