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.
04 Sep, 2024 Additional resource required to deliver more effective policing – Robinson DUP Leader Rt Hon Gavin Robinson MP has urged the Prime Minister to respond positively to the appeal for more financial resource from PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher. The East Belfast MP made the call during Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons today.
03 Sep, 2024 Action on mobile phone use in schools a positive step forward North Down MLA Peter Martin has welcomed the Education Minister’s guidance for schools on the use of mobile phones.
02 Sep, 2024 Minister announces extra time to explore PRONI archives Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons has announced that the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) will be reintroducing extended opening on Thursday evenings from 5-8pm.
28 Aug, 2024 Budget realities put focus on funding priorities – Wilson DUP Finance Spokesperson Sammy Wilson has said the Prime Minister’s comments about a “painful” budget stand in stark contrast to what the Labour Leader told people across the United Kingdom during the election campaign.
27 Aug, 2024 Horror of terrorism remembered at Narrow Water DUP MLA for South Down, Diane Forsythe, attended the 45th anniversary memorial event at Narrow Water earlier today, to remember the terrorist murder of 18 British soldiers.