Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has said it is time for the Secretary of State to stop creating new barriers to the restoration of devolution and convene all-party talks with an independent facilitator immediately. Mrs Long was speaking following a meeting with Karen Bradley, in which the Secretary of State briefed Alliance and other parties […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry MLA has said the Secretary of State must provide clear leadership on how to restore the devolved institutions, with the current process only “treading water”.Dr Farry was speaking after meeting with Karen Bradley at Stormont. He said merely “managing the situation” was not enough for the UK Government to continue […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has said there needs to be an immediate intensification in the UK Government’s attempts to restore powersharing, on the anniversary of the talks deadline last year. Then Secretary of State James Brokenshire set the deadline of June 29, 2017 to restore the Executive following the General Election earlier that month. […]
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has challenged the Secretary of State to reveal how much longer she will let the political impasse continue, as Northern Ireland reached 500 days without a Government. Strangford MLA Ms Armstrong said the milestone was “shameful”, as budgets continued to be slashed, organisations faced closure and important decisions not taken. “The […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said she is concerned the lack of an Assembly will mean the potential mass misdiagnosis of neurology patients is not adequately addressed. Ms Bradshaw was speaking after received a briefing from the Department of Health on actions being taken in response to the recall of over 3,000 neurology […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has urged the Secretary of State to end the current drift at Stormont, after planning permission for an incinerator in Co Antrim was blocked by the High Court due to lack of democratic scrutiny. The proposed facility in Mallusk was initially approved by the Department for Infrastructure but yesterday’s decision […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has said an independent facilitator should be appointed to chair all-party talks without further delay. The East Belfast MLA was speaking ahead of planned meetings with Secretary of State Karen Bradley and Tánaiste Simon Coveney, and the other party leaders this week to discuss the ongoing impasse. She said the […]
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has challenged the Secretary of State to help break the political deadlock here by initiating all-party talks as soon as possible Ms Armstrong said recent speculation around the resumption of talks following Easter and the recent Good Friday Agreement anniversary had only been followed up with segregated talks with individual parties […]
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said last week’s anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement should provide fresh impetus to get power-sharing talks established again immediately. The Strangford MLA has challenged the Secretary of State to inject fresh momentum into the talks process by quickly moving beyond the DUP-Sinn Féin dynamic, adding the Alliance Party’s clear […]
Alliance MLA Stephen Farry has expressed disappointment Northern Ireland is once again failing behind on a key equality measure, thanks to the inaction of the previous Executive. Today is the deadline for organisations with more than 250 employees in Britain to publish figures comparing men and women’s average pay in the company. Requirements for similar […]