Social Democratic and Labour Party

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• SDLP launches three-stage reform plan to end Stormont paralysis

  • 5 November 2026
  • Policy proposal

  SDLP launches a three‑stage reform plan to end Stormont paralysis, calling for immediate changes to stop any single party collapsing the Executive, joint First Ministers, speaker reform and removal of vetoes, linking the Programme for Government to the budget, giving local communities more influence

  • Constitutional affairs
  • Northern Ireland
  • Cross-border / all-island
  • Issue: SDLP launches Stormont reform plan

  Original release: SDLP launches three-stage reform plan to end Stormont paralysis

• SDLP Party Leader: Irish unity needs unified approach

  • 5 November 2026
  • Call for action

  SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP welcomes the Irish Government’s move to set up a body examining constitutional futures and Fine Gael’s upcoming unity blueprint, and writes to Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris urging an inclusive, New‑Ireland‑Forum‑style process of political and civic ‑

  • Constitutional affairs
  • Northern Ireland
  • Cross-border / all-island
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Issue: Irish Government parties' unity plans

  Original release: SDLP Party Leader: Irish unity needs unified approach

• Hanna welcomes Taoiseach’s New Ireland Commitment

  • 5 November 2026
  • Response to an event

  Claire Hanna welcomes Taoiseach's New Ireland commitment, calls for cross-community plan.

  • Constitutional affairs
  • Northern Ireland
  • Cross-border / all-island
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Issue: British Prime Minister and Taoiseach commitment on cross-border employment issues

  Original release: Hanna welcomes Taoiseach’s New Ireland Commitment

• O’Toole: People Deserve a Future Beyond Political Petulance

  • 5 November 2026
  • Criticism

  SDLP Leader Matthew O'Toole says people deserve a future beyond political petulance and calls for a new Ireland with hope and opportunity for all.

  • Constitutional affairs
  • Northern Ireland
  • Cross-border / all-island

  Original release: O’Toole: People Deserve a Future Beyond Political Petulance

• Reilly Secures Council Backing for Action on Economic Abuse

  • 5 November 2026
  • Parliamentary or governmental update

  SDLP Waterside Councillor Martin Reilly says Derry and Strabane District Council has backed his motion for stronger action on economic abuse, urging emergency financial assistance, specialist debt advice and a coordinated Executive response to remove financial barriers for victim‑survivors.

  • Justice and policing
  • Local government
  • Northern Ireland
  • Issue: Derry and Strabane District Council economic abuse motion

  Original release: Reilly Secures Council Backing for Action on Economic Abuse

• Hanna: UK Budget Underlines Failure of Executive to Do Its Job

  • 5 November 2026
  • Criticism

  SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP welcomes any Chancellor support for households facing rising energy costs, but says Northern Ireland will stay in a crisis cycle unless the Executive agrees a budget and governs effectively, calling for certainty and strategic investment.

  • Public finance and taxation
  • Economy and employment
  • Northern Ireland
  • Cross-border / all-island
  • UK-wide
  • Issue: Budget announcement

  Original release: Hanna: UK Budget Underlines Failure of Executive to Do Its Job

• O’Toole: Belfast transport plan long on aspiration, short on delivery commitments

  • 5 November 2026
  • Criticism

  SDLP Opposition Leader Matthew O'Toole calls for firm delivery commitments on the Belfast transport plan, saying it is long on aspiration but short on commitments.

  • Infrastructure and transport
  • Northern Ireland
  • Issue: Eastern Transport Plan 2035 Belfast portion publication

  Original release: O’Toole: Belfast transport plan long on aspiration, short on delivery commitmentsArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026

• Hanna: Budget must deliver support now and invest in Northern Ireland's future

  • 5 November 2026
  • Call for action

  SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP calls on the Chancellor to use the 2026 Budget to fund extra Home Heating Oil Support, an Essentials Guarantee for Universal Credit and extend Rural Fuel Duty Relief, while urging a ten‑year partnership to invest in infrastructure, housing, transport, energy and skills in

  • Public finance and taxation
  • Economy and employment
  • Infrastructure and transport
  • Social security and welfare
  • Northern Ireland
  • Cross-border / all-island
  • UK-wide
  • Issue: Stormont budget request for household support and infrastructure investment

  Original release: Hanna: Budget must deliver support now and invest in Northern Ireland's futureArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026

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