Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed the decision by Communications Minister Ed Vaizey and Irish Communications Minister Pat Rabitte to make RTE TV channels available on Freeview to viewers in the North. From October 24th over 90% of viewers in Northern Ireland will be able to receive TG4 and the two primary RTE channels […]
Alliance MLA Judith Cochrane has ensured those who are unable to work due to illness or disability in Northern Ireland have been given financial parity to similar people in Britain after highlighting a discrepancy between the two. The East Belfast representative wrote to Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland about people from Britain on contributions-based employment […]
East Belfast MP Naomi Long has announced her backing for a campaign aiming to see an upcoming 3p rise in fuel duty scrapped. The Alliance MP made the call by declaring support for Fair Fuel UK, a movement designed to get the proposed increase by the Government cancelled. Chancellor George Osborne unveiled the plan, scheduled […]
Judith Cochrane MLA has welcomed the decision from the Chancellor George Osborne to abandon proposals to limit tax relief on charitable giving, following an Assembly motion on the issue last month and numerous protests from charities. In his March Budget, the Chancellor had originally indicated that from April 2013 there would be a new ceiling […]
Last year, Alliance agreed to participate in a five-party working group with the aim of producing a Cohesion, Sharing and Integration Strategy that would be a real improvement on the one produced by the First Minister and deputy First Minister. Alliancewas clear then, and remains clear today, that a shared future is central to the […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA and Chair of the Assembly All Party Group on Human Trafficking Anna Lo has congratulates the PSNI and Gardai on raids carried out across Ireland in which three people who had been human trafficked were rescued and eight people arrested in connection with prostitution and human trafficking. Anna Lo MLA said: […]
Alliance Social Development spokesperson Judith Cochrane MLA has welcomed the report on fuel poverty by the Social Development Committee. Judith Cochrane MLA, speaking in the Assembly debate on the report, said: “Northern Ireland has the highest rate of fuel poverty in Northern Europe, therefore, DSD must take the lead and work in collaboration with other […]
Alliance Craigavon Councillor Conrad Dixon has expressed his shock after a device was thrown at police in the Drumbeg area of Craigavon on Monday morning. The device failed to go off and no one was hurt. Cllr Conrad Dixon said: “I think we are very lucky not to be reading about serious injuries or deaths […]
Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has called on the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to better promote Newcastle and Down District, and has asked the Chief Executive of Down District Council to write to the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to secure better media and public relations promotion of Newcastle and Down District as a tourism destinations. […]
Alliance North Belfast representative Councillor Billy Webb has expressed his concern after shots were fired at a flat in Avoca Street and a house in Summer Street in North Belfast on Friday morning. Three men were in the flat in Avoca Street but were unhurt and the house in Summer Street was empty at the […]