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Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance
TUV leader Jim Allister welcomes the Education Minister's commitment to review the Education Authority's guidance on supporting transgender young people, and calls for the guidance to be withdrawn as fundamentally flawed. He objects to advice on parental involvement and to proposals to remove…
Education Disability and equality Issue: Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance for schools Original release: Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance (opens in a new tab)
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McMullan secures new Council disability group with aim of making city accessible
Alliance Belfast City Councillor Ross McMullan says a new Council disability working group, approved unanimously on Monday night, will help make Belfast accessible and produce an overarching disability strategy. He calls for a plan and indicators to replace the current status quo.
Disability and equality Local government Issue: Belfast City Council disability working group approval Original release: McMullan secures new Council disability group with aim of making city accessible (opens in a new tab)
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Armstrong seeks clarification on benefits rise
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong writes to Work and Pensions Minister Chloe Smith seeking clarity on whether benefits will rise with inflation, after Prime Minister Liz Truss declined to rule out real-terms cuts. She warns against cuts that would hit the lowest incomes.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Government refusal to rule out real-terms benefit cuts Original release: Armstrong seeks clarification on benefits rise (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood urges British government to protect vulnerable families
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood MP warns that the UK government must not let welfare payments fall in real terms during the cost of living crisis, after PM Liz Truss declined to commit to rises in line with inflation. He has written to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng proposing inflation-linked benefit…
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Government refusal to rule out real-terms benefit cuts Original release: Eastwood urges British government to protect vulnerable families (opens in a new tab)
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Ordinary people paying price of Tory fantasy economics – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald says ordinary people will pay for the British Chancellor's mini-Budget and planned spending cuts, calling for the Tories to scrap the budget and for the DUP to end its boycott so an Executive can be formed.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: British Chancellor's mini-Budget and Tory conference speech Original release: Ordinary people paying price of Tory fantasy economics – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Ordinary people and public services paying price of Tory chaos – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald says ordinary people and public services are paying for Tory chaos after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed plans for around £18 billion of cuts, and calls for an Executive to be formed now, urging the DUP to end its boycott.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Kwarteng confirmation of £18 billion public spending cuts plan Original release: Ordinary people and public services paying price of Tory chaos – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to help tackle the crises in our health service – Ní Chulín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín says the Belfast Trust made an error about Dr Michael Watt's information during a neurology working group meeting, and the Trust has written to correct it. She calls on the Health Minister to meet affected patients and families and urges the DUP to rejoin the…
Health Issue: Belfast Trust correction on Dr Michael Watt neurology information Original release: Executive needed to help tackle the crises in our health service – Ní Chulín (opens in a new tab)
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Allen thanks the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator for his work in securing delivery of £400 energy bills support for Northern Ireland households
East Belfast UUP MLA and Communities Spokesperson Andy Allen MBE thanks Utility Regulator John French for securing delivery of the £400 energy bills support to households. He calls for urgent further Westminster intervention, saying the scheme dates from May and that the £100 for oil-heated homes…
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: £400 energy bills support scheme delivery in Northern Ireland Original release: Allen thanks the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator for his work in securing delivery of £400 energy bills support for Northern Ireland households (opens in a new tab)
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Egan ‘alarmed’ as child left on school bus
Education Disability and equality Original release: Egan ‘alarmed’ as child left on school bus (opens in a new tab)
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McCrossan: Schools can’t be left in the cold this winter
SDLP West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan calls for urgent extra support for schools to pay heating bills this winter, after the Department of Education estimated a 60% rise in energy costs. He says schools need clarity on what support will be provided and when.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Department of Education estimate of 60% school energy cost rise Original release: McCrossan: Schools can’t be left in the cold this winter (opens in a new tab)
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Patients misdiagnosed in Neurology scandal must get access to truth – Ní Chuilín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín says Neurology scandal patients still lack truth and accountability and calls for the Belfast Trust to publish its response to the Neurology Public Inquiry recommendations, following an APG appearance.
Health Issue: Belfast Trust appearance before Neurology APG on Inquiry response Original release: Patients misdiagnosed in Neurology scandal must get access to truth – Ní Chuilín (opens in a new tab)
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Cancer patients need Executive formed now – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Com Gildernew calls for an Executive to be formed immediately and for £1 billion of investment in health, after NISRA figures showed under 40 percent of urgent GP cancer referrals began treatment within 62 days.
Health Issue: NISRA cancer waiting times figures showing fewer than 40 percent treated within 62 days Original release: Cancer patients need Executive formed now – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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DUP support for outrageous Tory budget ‘unthinkable’ – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane says it is 'unthinkable' that the DUP backs the Tory budget, which he claims favours the super-rich and will deepen the cost-of-living crisis. He calls for a windfall tax on energy companies, a small business tax break and more public services funding.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: UK Government Budget proposals and cost-of-living support Original release: DUP support for outrageous Tory budget ‘unthinkable’ – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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Chancellor's statement was missed opportunity: Wilson
DUP East Antrim MP and Westminster Chief Whip Sammy Wilson says the Chancellor's statement was a missed opportunity, criticising the removal of the 45% tax rate and calling for a detailed statement on the long-term economic plan and deficit.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Chancellor's September 2022 fiscal statement on tax and energy support Original release: Chancellor's statement was missed opportunity: Wilson (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Barry McKee reacts to the removal of 141 trees in Carnalea
Green Party Councillor Barry McKee expresses dismay at plans by Translink contractors to fell up to 141 trees near Carnalea station, warning of biodiversity loss and overnight disturbance. He calls on the council to require replanting in Carnalea.
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink tree felling at Carnalea train station Original release: Cllr Barry McKee reacts to the removal of 141 trees in Carnalea (opens in a new tab)
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Nesbitt calls on Justice Minister to clarify difference in approach to recruitment to Prison Service and the Police
UUP Policing Spokesperson Mike Nesbitt MLA calls on the Justice Minister to explain why she approved recruiting 60 extra prison staff without funding while PSNI recruitment is frozen over a cash shortage. He questions why prisons get additional staff but police do not.
Justice and policing Public finance and taxation Issue: Justice Minister approves 60 extra prison staff while PSNI recruitment frozen Original release: Nesbitt calls on Justice Minister to clarify difference in approach to recruitment to Prison Service and the Police (opens in a new tab)
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Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past
People Before Profit says a united Ireland must be radically different from the two existing states, calling for a border poll without delay and a socialist country that ends partition, church control of schools, and tax havens. It rejects confederation and Commonwealth membership as 'more of the…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past (opens in a new tab)
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‘Time to end digital partition of Ireland’
Sinn Féin MLA Sinéad Ennis and Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile call for an end to the blocking of northern viewers from watching sporting events on television, and for RTÉ to lift its ban on northern entrants to its competitions. They cite Ireland's Nations League matches as an example and say they…
Disability and equality Original release: ‘Time to end digital partition of Ireland’ (opens in a new tab)
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‘Tories should abandon ideologically driven financial catastrophe’ – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald calls on the Conservative government to abandon its Budget, which she says prioritises the super-rich, citing Bank of England interest rate warnings and IMF criticism. She calls for small business tax breaks, public service funding and a windfall tax on energy…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Liz Truss 2022 budget announcement Original release: ‘Tories should abandon ideologically driven financial catastrophe’ – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Government’s economic gamble “reckless” - Aiken
UUP Finance spokesperson Steve Aiken OBE MLA calls the Chancellor's mini-budget a reckless gamble, warning of mortgage rises and urging the Prime Minister and Chancellor to act now to fix the economic problem.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Chancellor's September 2022 fiscal statement on tax and energy support Original release: Government’s economic gamble “reckless” - Aiken (opens in a new tab)