It is in the interests of the entire UK for the Prime Minister to “cut the bravado” and keep negotiating with the EU, Alliance MP Stephen Farry has said. The North Down MP was speaking after the UK Government said talks with the EU over a post-Brexit trade deal were over. Earlier, Boris Johnson said […]
Alliance Communities Spokesperson, Kellie Armstrong MLA, has said the First and Deputy First Ministers could do more to make the public message around Covid-19 engaging. The MLA for Strangford said Northern Ireland has a fantastic creative industry which could compliment the podium announcements coming from OFMdFM, especially as we move towards a worrying few weeks […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has called on the Health Minister to sort out the failings in the Contact Tracing system urgently, so that Northern Ireland can also adopt £500 payments to those in need who are required to self-isolate. The South Belfast MLA stated: “One of the array of frustrations we have with the […]
Alliance MLA John Blair has said slavery is a global and local problem which must be eradicated completely, ahead of Anti-Slavery Day 2020. Highlighting a recent UN report which outlined the extent of modern day slavery, Mr Blair said it was no longer acceptable to sit back and do nothing, whilst an estimated 29 million […]
Alliance representatives have welcomed approval being granted for the redevelopment of Casement Park but said the local community needs to benefit from the plans. Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon gave the go-ahead for the redevelopment of the West Belfast ground, which saw initial proposals fail in 2014 following a legal challenge by some locals. “This is […]
Serious questions need asked and answered after an Audit Office report showed owners of some renewable technologies were being paid “excessive subsidies” from people’s electricity bills, Alliance MLA John Blair has said. The report showed those who own standalone turbines and anaerobic digesters get higher payments than those in GB. It stated while they accounted […]
Businesses in Northern Ireland need certainty in an uncertain time, Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has said. The East Antrim MLA was speaking after the Assembly backed an Alliance amendment to a motion on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, calling on the UK Government and EU to work constructively within the context of the Northern Ireland Protocol […]
Alliance Finance spokesperson Andrew Muir MLA has called on the Economy Minister to urgently support businesses and workers during the second wave of COVID-19, to avoid a “cut-price lockdown” which would leave many excluded from the necessary assistance required to support livelihoods. Speaking in the Assembly this afternoon, Mr Muir asked the Minister whether she […]
North Down Alliance representatives have expressed strong concerns about plans to build twenty five Apartments on the Downshire Road in Holywood. Plans submitted would see a Gospel Hall demolished to make way for a significant Apartment complex involving seven one bedroom and eighteen two bedroom Apartments. Commenting on the plans North Down Alliance MLA Andrew […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has said she is mystified by the ongoing inaction to tackle the trends in cases and hospitalisations, particularly with reference to public health interventions. Ms Bradshaw made the comments after the Health Minister declared hospitals would hit the same challenges as in early April potentially within a fortnight. The South […]