Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has said time is running out for people affected by Personal Independence Payments (PIP), after he attended a meeting with the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Communities to raise his major concerns about the benefit. The meeting follows a motion Councillor McReynolds recently brought to Belfast City Council, aimed at […]
Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has taken his campaign to end the consumption of single use plastic across Belfast to the next level, with a motion aimed at triggering the larger supermarkets into action on the issue. An issue that is really starting to resonate with the public, Cllr McReynolds said large supermarkets must prove they […]
Belfast City Council has called on the Department of Justice to clamp down on the practice of private car park operators and their agents in Northern Ireland, after Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds Raised their behaviour with Belfast City Council. Securing support for the plan that will see the local authority call on the Department of […]
The Alliance Party has again welcomed proposals that could see the new East Belfast leisure centre renamed when it opens later this year, a decision the party has backed since it first campaigned against naming it after Peter Robinson in 1984. Speaking after the latest People and Communities meeting, Councillor Peter McReynolds again highlighted the […]
Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has highlighted that often sexual harassment goes unreported, bringing a motion to Belfast City Council urging the implementation of the Zero Tolerance project. If given the go-ahead at committee level, the motion will seek to introduce a scheme in Belfast that brings together the Council, local universities, the hospitality sector and […]
East Belfast Alliance representatives will outline serious concerns over a planned new McDonalds at the Tesco Knocknagoney site at a Belfast planning meeting next week. Councillor Peter McReynolds and Chris Lyttle MLA have been working closely with residents over the past few months and will appeal to planners to listen to the growing fears over […]
Belfast City Council needs to take a lead in increasing recycling rates across the city, Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has said. Councillor McReynolds was speaking ahead of tonight’s Belfast City Council meeting, in which he will bring a motion calling for the Council to commit to introducing glass recycling across the city as soon as […]
Alliance representatives have welcomed money for a city deal for the Belfast region but added the Chancellor is ignoring the elephant in the room over Brexit. Councillor Peter McReynolds and Stephen Farry MLA were speaking after Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced the Budget. The city deal will mean £350 million of funding, however, it is less […]
East Belfast Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has praised the emergency services for dealing with a suspected gas explosion in Ballyhackamore. One person has been injured following the incident, which happened at a recently opened restaurant on the Upper Newtownards Road around 4pm this afternoon. The road remains closed, with concerns remaining about the stability of […]
Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has called on Belfast City Council to back the scrapping of the 20 metre rule because of the detrimental effect it has those in need of Personal Independence Payments. Under Disability Living Allowance individuals were required to be able to walk no further than 50 metres to obtain the higher rate […]