11 Nov, 2021 Check your eligibility for Universal Credit, urges Lockhart Upper Bann DUP MP Carla Lockhart has said the changes in the Universal Credit taper announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak at last month’s Budget will open the door for more local families and higher earners to receive the benefit.
10 Nov, 2021 Sir Jeffrey – “Dublin must use influence in Brussels” DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has had a telephone conversation with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
09 Nov, 2021 Lord Frost told of need to remove barriers between GB & NI We need to see a solution to the problems created by the Protocol either through negotiations or by necessary and decisive action from the government to remove the barriers to trade between GB & NI pic.twitter.com/k4NWasYJwT— Jeffrey Donaldson MP (@J_Donaldson_MP) November 9, 2021
09 Nov, 2021 Poots announces increase to NI Carrier Bag Levy Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced that the Carrier Bag Levy charge in Northern Ireland will increase from 5 pence to 25 pence from 1st April 2022.
09 Nov, 2021 Education Minister launches consultation on deferral of school starting age The Department of Education has today launched a public consultation seeking views on deferring the school starting age in Northern Ireland.
09 Nov, 2021 DUP MLAs welcome 1,000 jobs announcement by Almac Upper Bann MLAs Jonathan Buckley and Diane Dodds have welcomed plans by locally based pharmaceutical company Almac to create over 1,000 jobs at its Northern Ireland facilities over the next three years.
09 Nov, 2021 McIlveen launches new Safer Schools NI app Education Minister Michelle McIlveen has launched a new app for schools to safeguard children and young people when online.
09 Nov, 2021 Lyons launches Assured Skills Welding Academy at Northern Regional College Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today visited Northern Regional College (NRC) to launch a new Assured Skills Collaborative Welding Academy, with 12 training places.
08 Nov, 2021 Poots announces NI’s first ever accredited forest conservation project under The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA made an Oral Statement in the NI Assembly today announcing Glenarm Forest as Northern Ireland’s first accredited Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) conservation forest.
08 Nov, 2021 Sir Jeffrey - "NI’s place in the U.K. internal market must be restored" DUP Leader Rt. Hon. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has met with Lord Frost in London and reiterated that the UK Government must follow through on the commitments made in their Command Paper.