09 Sep, 2024 Communities Minister celebrates Michael Dunlop’s record-breaking career Communities Minister Gordon Lyons today hosted a reception at Parliament Buildings to recognise motorbike rider Michael Dunlop’s latest record-breaking triumphs.
09 Sep, 2024 DUP will keep pressure on Labour over Winter Fuel cut East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has said DUP MPs will continue to press the Government to reverse its cut to the Winter Fuel Allowance. His comments come ahead of a vote in Parliament on Tuesday.
08 Sep, 2024 Minister must be unequivocal in support for Chief Constable – Clarke DUP Policing Board Lead, Trevor Clarke MLA, has called on members of the Northern Ireland Assembly to support a DUP motion scheduled for debate on Monday, urging the Minister of Justice to allocate additional resources to the PSNI.
08 Sep, 2024 Renewed call for Baby Loss Certificates to be introduced in Northern Ireland Carla Lockhart, MP for Upper Bann, has renewed her call for the introduction of baby loss certificates in Northern Ireland, after raising the issue this week in a Westminster Hall debate on baby loss. The DUP MP has been a strong advocate for the introduction of this scheme having first wrote to the Health Minister earlier this year and engaged in an online petition gathering thousands of names to encourage its rollout in Northern Ireland.
06 Sep, 2024 TB and critical industry issues on agenda for DUP and UFU MP Carla Lockhart and DUP party colleague and member of the NI Assembly Agriculture Committee, Michelle McIlveen MLA were welcomed recently to UFU headquarters in Belfast to discuss a number of critical priorities facing the province’s agri-food sector.
06 Sep, 2024 Local Olympic success celebrated in Commons motion East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has marked the success of local athletes at the Olympic Games in a House of Commons motion.
05 Sep, 2024 Services will suffer until Mental Health Strategy taken seriously Upper Bann Assembly Member and DUP Health Spokesperson Diane Dodds MLA has hit out at the lack of ambition in the recently published Mental Health Strategy Delivery Plan for 2024-25:
04 Sep, 2024 Answers needed on firefighter pension delays: Brownlee East Antrim MLA Cheryl Brownlee has said there are questions about NI Fire & Rescue Service pensions and why former firefighters are experiencing significant delays before increases to their pensions are paid to them.
04 Sep, 2024 Protection of Triple-lock key to pension uplift – Wilson DUP MP Sammy Wilson has said that Treasury projections of a rise in the state pension by more than £400 a year, from next year, will be welcome news for pensioners across Northern Ireland.