Democratic Unionist Party
DUP MP Carla Lockhart says the UK Government has failed to deliver its New Decade, New Approach commitments, including on consensus politics, UK internal market status and 7,500 police officers. She says Stormont cannot be restored until the Protocol is replaced.
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SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says the opportunity from the New Decade, New Approach deal has been squandered 1000 days on, pointing to health, cost of living and young people's opportunities, and calls for MLAs and Ministers to return to work.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Eastwood: NDNA opportunities ‘squandered’ 1000 days after agreement (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP says she has contacted all Executive party leaders urging them to accept the Prime Minister's offer and attend a meeting with Keir Starmer on Stormont reform proposals. She argues the Executive has done little to advance reform and calls on parties to engage seriously.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Executive parties invited to meet Prime Minister on Stormont reform Original release: SDLP invites Executive parties to meet Prime Minister on Stormont reform (opens in a new tab)
The SDLP has published a three-stage reform report, Politics for the Common Good, proposing immediate Stormont changes such as stopping one party collapsing the Executive, Joint First Ministers and relocating the Assembly to central Belfast. It urges the UK and Irish governments to help push…
Constitutional affairs Issue: SDLP launches Stormont reform plan Original release: SDLP launches three-stage reform plan to end Stormont paralysis (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Alliance TEO spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA says Covid Inquiry findings show instability is built into Stormont's structures and calls for reform ahead of an Alliance motion in the Assembly urging the Secretary of State to convene an institutional reform process.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: Covid Inquiry second report findings Original release: Time to end dysfunctional politics and reform Stormont to deliver for the people of NI, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP calls on the British and Irish Governments to engage seriously and open a focused negotiation process on Stormont reform, pointing to Sinn Féin's public endorsement and broad agreement on electing a Speaker, ending Executive vetoes and preventing paralysis.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Sinn Féin public endorsement of Stormont institutional reform Original release: Hanna: UK and Irish Governments must respond to Stormont reform momentum (opens in a new tab)
UUP peer Lord Empey marks three years since the Irish Sea Border deal, arguing Boris Johnson's 2019 proposals to the EU created the Protocol and that the DUP endorsed them without an Assembly veto in place. He calls for negotiations between London and Brussels that directly involve Stormont's…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Third anniversary of the Irish Sea Border deal Original release: Lord Empey reflects on three years since the deal that put a border in the Irish Sea (opens in a new tab)