Welfare failure costs 102,000 households - Brotherston 16th March 2015 The Executive’s failure to deliver welfare reform is “actually making many households claiming benefits worse off”, according to the Conservative Party’s North... Local News
Unions and SF in disarray over strikes - Brotherston 13th March 2015 The trade unions and Sinn Fein “need lessons in the basics of UK democracy”, on the evidence of today’s strikes, according to the Conservatives’ North Down PPC... Local News
Stranmillis site proposal welcomed 13th March 2015 The proposal from the Governing Body of Stranmillis University College to invite QUB and UU to relocate their teacher education programmes onto the Stranmillis... Local News
Executive challenged to back Tory strike plans 11th March 2015 Widespread strike action, planned for this Friday, is “grossly irresponsible” and demonstrates “the very worst of modern trade unionism”, according to the... Local News
Welfare reform is profoundly compassionate - Brotherston 11th March 2015 Talk of welfare reform being aimed at the vulnerable is ‘nonsense’, according to the Conservatives’ North Down PPC, Mark Brotherston. Mr Brotherston made his... Local News
Sinn Féin welfare decision an attack on jobs & livelihoods 9th March 2015 Sinn Féin’s decision to oppose the passage of the Welfare Reform Bill at Stormont is “irresponsible and inexplicable”, according to the Conservatives’ North... Local News
Tory chair extends condolences to Lord Molyneaux's family 9th March 2015 The NI Conservatives’ chairman, Harry Cullen, has extended his condolences to the family and friends of Lord Molyneaux, the former Ulster Unionist leader, who... Local News
Labour shows contempt for NI voters again 5th March 2015 A Conservative Westminster candidate has claimed that Labour has shown “the utmost contempt for voters in Northern Ireland and for its own members”, after the... Local News
Council poppy decision threatens 'Balkanised' Northern Ireland 4th March 2015 The decision of one of the new super councils to ban the sale of poppies on council premises is “antagonistic and wrong”, according to the Conservatives’ East... Local News