Following his meeting with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Doug Beattie MC MLA said: “Today, along with Lord Empey, I met with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar who is in Northern Ireland to meet party leaders. The...
Andy Allen MBE MLA has welcomed the Ministry of Defence announcement that they have awarded contracts to four consortia, one of which includes the renowned East Belfast based shipyard Harland and Wolff, to develop bids...
Ulster Unionist South Armagh Councillor David Taylor has expressed his concerns about the South Armagh Policing Review. Councillor Taylor said: “I am very disappointed that the South Armagh Policing Review doesn`t reflect the concerns expressed by my...
Following the publication of the South Armagh Policing Review, Mike Nesbitt MLA, Ulster Unionist representative on the Policing Board, said: “This is a hefty and far-reaching report which needs consideration and clarification. I look forward...
Health Minister Robin Swann has announced the allocation of nearly £8million in support grants to a range of cancer charities in Northern Ireland. A total of 14 projects have received payments through the Cancer Charities Support...
Health Minister Robin Swann today announced a new regional Mental Health Crisis Service in line with a commitment in the Mental Health Action Plan (MHAP). The MHAP contained the commitment to reconfigure mental health crisis...
Ulster Unionist Councillor Julie Flaherty, who has been campaigning for the Children`s Funeral Fund to be established in Northern Ireland, has called on the Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey MLA to explain why bereaved families here...
North and South Belfast Ulster Unionist spokespeople Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston and Stephen McCarthy have submitted their party consultation response on the proposed extension of the city’s Glider network into North and South Belfast. Speaking on the proposals...
Reacting to footage of INLA criminals firing off weapons in a brazen show of strength in Londonderry, Ulster Unionist Councillor, Alderman Darren Guy said: “The actions witnessed at Fern Park on Friday night should be totally...
Kate Evans, who is a single mother and member of the Ulster Unionist Party from Portadown, has highlighted the challenges faced by many with the rising costs associated with school uniforms. Kate said: “Every year parents raise...
During a debate on Afghanistan in the House of Lords today, Ulster Unionist peer Lord Empey called for an inquiry into intelligence and strategic policy failures. Lord Empey said: “My Lords, my party leader Doug Beattie MLA...
Following the inability of customers to be able to book MOT tests, Roy Beggs MLA, member of the Assembly’s Infrastructure Committee, has continued to press the Minister and officials to ramp up MOT testing capacity or...
Reacting to the news revealed on the Nolan programme that the Department of Communities has been sitting for six weeks on a request for help for the housing of Afghan refugees, Andy Allen MBE MLA...
Ahead of a debate in Parliament on Wednesday to discuss the withdrawal of coalition forces from Afghanistan, Ulster Unionist leader, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has stated: “A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan. There are five...
Roy Beggs MLA has written to the Secretary of State for NI asking him to intervene to prevent the implementation of a further illogical EU Court of Justice proposal which will force pleasure boat owners...
Marking the 50th anniversary of the murder of Winston Donnell, the first member of the Ulster Defence Regiment to be murdered in the Troubles, Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie MC MLA, who has served for...
Ulster Unionist Policing Board member Mike Nesbitt MLA has called on Sinn Fein to clarify comments attributed to its West Tyrone MP Orfhlaith Begley, in which she questioned if it was ‘appropriate’ to have a...
Portadown Ulster Unionist Councillor Julie Flaherty has called on the Finance Minister Conor Murphy to act now to release funding that will implement the Children’s Funeral Fund and ensure that the cost of burial of...
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that Covid-19 vaccine first doses be provided to all 16 and 17 year olds. This recommendation will be implemented in Northern Ireland. From this Friday, NI’s regional...
Matthew Bell, a 22-year-old Queen`s University graduate from Omagh, has been co-opted to Fermanagh & Omagh District Council to replace Chris Smyth who is standing down to take up a full-time role in England following...
Ulster Unionist Health spokesperson, Alan Chambers MLA, has described as ‘intolerable’ the situation whereby under the NI Protocol, medicines that are readily available in Great Britain would be restricted or even unavailable in Northern Ireland....
Health Minister Robin Swann has strongly condemned online abuse targeted at the chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, Gill Walton. The social media abuse came after the RCM chief executive had encouraged pregnant women...
The Ulster Unionist Party has paid tribute to Eddie Keown, one of the Party’s stalwarts in the South Down area, who has sadly passed away. Ulster Unionist Party Leader Doug Beattie MC MLA said: “On behalf...
Health Minister Robin Swann has officially opened a manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Londonderry which supplies vital PPE to health workers in Northern Ireland. The Campsie-based firm, NorthWest Medical has created 25 new jobs after...
Health Minister Robin Swann has urged anyone who receives a positive test result for COVID-19 to use the digital self-trace option for contact tracing. The Minister was speaking during a visit to County Hall, Ballymena along...
Northern Ireland’s seven regional vaccination centres will close for first dose COVID-19 vaccines this weekend. Issuing a call out to anyone who is unvaccinated, the Health Minister Robin Swann, said: “Our vaccination centres have done a fantastic...
Health Minister Robin Swann has praised the work of a specialist team of nurses and doctors in their efforts to eliminate Hepatitis C in Northern Ireland. To mark World Hepatitis Day, the Minister met staff from...
Rapid COVID-19 Testing for those without symptoms (asymptomatic cases) will play a key role in helping us tackle the pandemic, Health Minister Robin Swann has said. The Minister was speaking during a visit to the EH...
Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed an expansion of the community pharmacy COVID-19 vaccination service with the phased deployment of the Moderna vaccine. The vaccine will be available to eligible individuals aged 18 years and over. The...
UUP Leader Doug Beattie MC MLA said: “Ian Marshall is an impressive individual and I am delighted that he has decided to join the Ulster Unionist Party. “Ian brings a wealth of experience from running a farm,...