Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has welcomed the impending changes to local licensing laws, which will come into effect later this week. The changes, which will begin on Friday, include pubs and hotels being allowed to open until 2am up to 104 nights a year, drinking-up time being increased to an hour and the […]
There should be no further delay to reinstating full day centre and respite care for carers, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said. Throughout the pandemic, social distancing rules have limited the amount of day centre provision for people with disabilities and older people. However, with some restrictions easing, Strangford MLA Ms Armstrong said now was […]
Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has said she is glad to see her party colleague Stephen Farry MP fight for the retention of the £20 per week COVID uplift to universal credit. Ms Armstrong was speaking after Westminster backed calls for the Government to scrap the plans, adding it would have a serious impact […]
Women may be put at further financial risk by the removal of the triple lock on pensions by the UK Government, Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has said. The Government announced the triple lock would be suspended for a year from April due to the pandemic. The triple lock promise in the Conservative manifesto […]
Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has reiterated her call for the Minister for Department for Work and Pensions to halt plans to end the £20 per week Covid add on to Universal Credit. As it stands, the Westminster Government still plans to end the Covid uplift payment from the 6th of October – a […]
The Communities Minister must outline how individuals and families will be protected once a number of support provisions close at the end of September, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said. Speaking as the “triple hit” of the end of the emergency notice to quit provision, contained in the Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Bill, the end […]
“The First and deputy First Minister’s delay in opening up Northern Ireland to those fleeing Afghanistan has gone on long enough,” Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said. Speaking after the humanitarian disaster continue to play out, Kellie has now called on The Executive Office to make it clear Northern Ireland is open and ready to […]
A major new poll which found almost three-quarters of people here would support their child’s school becoming integrated shows how some politicians are out of step with the public, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said. The Alliance Integrated Education spokesperson was speaking as the Lucid Talk poll revealed more than 73 per cent of people […]
The lessons of the response to the pandemic should be taken to help end rough sleeping in Northern Ireland, Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has said. The Strangford MLA said the future Homelessness Strategy by the Housing Executive, due to be published next year, as well as various other agencies’ approaches to tackling the […]
All parents in Northern Ireland should have the opportunity to send their child to an integrated school, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said. Ms Armstrong was speaking ahead of the second stage of her integrated Education Bill in the Assembly tomorrow (Tuesday). The Bill aims to reform and meet the growing demand for integrated […]