Alliance has announced the Party’s Vice-Chair Kellie Armstrong will replace Kieran McCarthy MLA on Ards Borough Council from October. Kellie – who at 43 is the same age as the Party she is now elected to represent – is well known in the Newtownards and Peninsula area, having run PACT (Peninsula Community Transport) for a […]
Alliance East Antrim MLA, Stewart Dickson has welcomed the £1.4million investment by the Heritage Lottery Fund to protect the Glens of Antrim. The funding will be used to set up projects over a five year period by the Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust. The projects will support landowners with habitat surveys, increase wildlife and […]
Alliance Finance spokesperson Judith Cochrane MLA has welcomed tougher rules for payday loan companies. The Financial Conduct Authority announced the new proposals including a ban on loans being extended more than twice; information about debt advice being given to customers who are extending a loan; and tighter regulation of advertisements. Judith Cochrane MLA said: “These […]
Alliance East Belfast representatives have welcomed the announcement of 993 jobs that are being created by the expansion of Stream Global Services / LBM Direct Marketing in East Belfast. Stream Global Services specialises in customer relationship management including in-bound and out-bound sales, customer care, customer retention, back-office functions and technical support and warranty. Earlier this […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has roundly criticised UUP MLA Michael Copeland for attempting to compare the daily policing operation to uphold the rule of law at Twaddell protests with the response to threats against the East Belfast Alliance Office and life of Naomi Long MP. Mr Copeland stated that he submitted a Freedom […]
Alliance Social Development spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said that the most recent NICVA report on the consequences of welfare reform for Northern Ireland highlights that the policy is ill thought through and will do more harm than good. The NICVA report claims that £750 million would be taken out of the Northern Ireland economy […]
Alliance Social Development spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has welcomed the ruling by a Scottish tribunal which said that the bedroom tax breached the human rights of an unnamed woman who suffers from primary progressive multiple sclerosis. The woman lives in a two bedroom flat in Glasgow with her husband, but had her housing benefit cut […]
Alliance North Belfast representative Cllr John Blair has said that all sides must respect the determination of the Parades Commission who have ruled that the Orange Order will not be allowed to march past the Ardoyne shops on Saturday morning. Cllr John Blair said: “The Parades Commission is the lawful regulatory body for making decisions […]
Alliance Chief Whip Stewart Dickson MLA has welcomed the apology by the SDLP Leader Alasdair McDonnell for the decision by his Councillors to vote for a play park in Newry to be named after Raymond McCreesh, a convicted terrorist. Dr McDonnell made his comments in the Assembly during a debate on the Local Government Bill. […]
Alliance Employment and Learning spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has welcomed the continuing work by the Employment and Learning Minister, Stephen Farry, to raise awareness among employers of the issues affecting lesbian, gay and bisexual employees. The Minister participated in the ‘Why diversity matters, the business case for workplace equality’ event hosted by Belfast City Council […]