Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA, has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden and untimely passing of Liam Clarke, the Political Editor at the Belfast Telegraph. Mr Nesbitt, himself a former news journalist said: “I...
Ulster Unionist MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone Tom Elliott has said that he is deeply saddened at the death of The Earl of Erne, Henry George Victor John Crichton. Mr Elliott said: “It was a...
Ulster Unionist Education Spokesperson, Sandra Overend MLA, has questioned the priorities of the Education Minister in the wake of an announcement of a £47m early retirement package for teachers. Mrs Overend said: “Minister O’Dowd may have earned...
The Ulster Unionist Party has called on the Health Minister to resolve the dispute with the Royal College of Nursing which has culminated in the unprecedented threat of our nurses taking industrial action. The Party...
Tom Elliott MP has said the Joint Agency Task Force to tackle cross-border organised crime must demonstrate a determination to finally rid society of paramilitaries and their crime rings. The Fermanagh & South Tyrone MP said: “The...
Ulster Unionist MLA Robin Swann has said that the long-awaited MRI scanner in the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children cannot become fully operational soon enough. The North Antrim MLA was speaking after learning that...
Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA, has stated that it is timely to spare some thought for victims and survivors of the Troubles whose issues never made it over the starting line of the latest...
Ulster Unionist MLA and Agriculture spokesperson Jo-Anne Dobson has said that closer working relations between supermarkets, processors and farmers are crucial to a sustainable and profitable future for farming. The Upper Bann MLA made the call...
Ulster Unionist economy spokesperson, Adrian Cochrane-Watson MLA has criticised the budget settlement for 2016/17 announced by the Finance Minister, as being inadequate in terms of the wider economy of Northern Ireland. Mr Cochrane-Watson said; “The reality...
Tom Elliott, Ulster Unionist MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone, has expressed concern that John O`Dowd has announced the establishment of an Irish language school with only 40 pupils on the former Lisnaskea High School...