Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has welcomed today’s call for an 80% cut in carbon emissions from the UK by 2050. The call comes in a letter to a number of national papers from the Chair of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and his two predecessors, Sir John Lawton, Sir Tom Blundell and Sir […]
Alliance Culture Arts and Leisure Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has launched a stinging attack on the Executive for yet more delays, this time regarding the proposed all-sports stadium at the Maze. It has emerged that the Finance Minister Peter Robinson was supposed to receive the business case for the Maze stadium before Christmas but did […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has described the Programme for Government as a second-rate plan that will deliver second-rate services. She pointed to comments made by leading authorities on health and our fire service who have lambasted the Finance Minister on the implications of his budget. Anna Lo MLA said: “We have already heard […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has hit out at news that the Home Office plans to deport Comfort Adefowoju and her family to Nigeria on Monday. They are currently being detained at Yarls Wood detention centre in the South of England, and the Alliance Party organized a demonstration before Christmas against unfair deportation. Anna […]
Commenting on the revelations on Ian Paisley Jnr at St Andrews, David Ford has said that the side deals could be a potentially devastating blow to the credibility of the Executive. David Ford said: “The recent revelations about Ian Paisley Jnr’s antics show that the St Andrews talks did not produce an agreement, it was […]
Alliance Party Dromore by-election candidate David Griffin is campaigning to get more police officers on the beat to combat anti-social behaviour in the area. David Griffin is a former Vice-Chair of Banbridge District Policing Partnership, and he believes that if bureaucracy is cut and efficiencies are made, more police can be put on our streets. […]
South Antrim Alliance MLA David Ford has discussed the provision of fire and rescue services in the local area with Colin Lammey, Chief Fire Officer for Northern Ireland. David Ford pressed the case for improved cover at local fire stations, especially in Antrim and Ballyclare. David Ford said: “The Fire and Rescue Service had intended […]
Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell has said that even though we have powersharing at Stormont, paramilitary beatings and intimidation are still a massive problem in some areas. He said that the authorities and the public should not become complacent on this issue. Cllr Campbell, who is Newtownabbey District Policing Partnership Chairman said: “Just because we […]
Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has asked whether Northern Ireland consumers will ever see any of the millions made through fines placed on big supermarkets and producers for price fixing on dairy products. In November, an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation highlighted prices being fixed at an artificially high level across the UK, […]
Alliance Lagan Valley MLA Trevor Lunn has said that the Executive is all about delays, not delivery, and quoted missed deadlines on the Victims’ Commissioner, the second strand of the Water Review and free public transport for the over 60s as examples. The Lagan Valley MLA said: “These delays show that the Executive is not […]