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Ending violence against women and girls must be a top priority for the Government across the UK, says Eastwood
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood urges the Westminster Government to tackle violence against women and girls UK-wide ahead of a Commons debate, citing online abuse, radicalisation and grooming, and noting social media regulation is reserved to Westminster.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: House of Commons debate on violence against women and girls Original release: Ending violence against women and girls must be a top priority for the Government across the UK, says Eastwood (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP Leader's New Year Message
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP says 2025 must deliver for families in Northern Ireland, urging the Executive to move beyond vague proposals and use its powers to improve people's lives, particularly on health waiting lists, special educational needs and housing.
Constitutional affairs Original release: SDLP Leader's New Year Message (opens in a new tab)
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2025 must be the year our local institutions see reform, says Long
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA says 2025 must bring reform of the local institutions to remove the threat of ransom politics. She warns that the institutions remain at risk of another collapse and calls for reform so no single party can paralyse the system.
Constitutional affairs Original release: 2025 must be the year our local institutions see reform, says Long (opens in a new tab)
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2025: A year to advance the Republican vision for Ireland’s future – Mary Lou McDonald TD
Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald TD says the party will push for a united Ireland in 2025, calling on the incoming government to publish a green paper on Irish Unity, appoint a Minister for Reunification and set up a Citizens' Assembly on Unity.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: 2025: A year to advance the Republican vision for Ireland’s future – Mary Lou McDonald TD (opens in a new tab)
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Gregory Campbell - Happy New Year
DUP MP Gregory Campbell uses his New Year message to urge Northern Ireland to concentrate on building a better future instead of debating a divisive border poll. He also presses the Starmer government to open talks on post-Brexit trading arrangements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Gregory Campbell - Happy New Year (opens in a new tab)
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TUV Leader’s New Year Message
TUV leader says unionism starts 2025 weaker than a year ago, blaming the DUP's Stormont deal with Sinn Fein for ending opposition to the Protocol and claiming the Windsor Framework is as threatening as ever. TUV pledges to keep opposing it in 2025.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: TUV Leader’s New Year Message (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin nominate six candidates to contest Seanad Éireann elections
Sinn Féin says it has nominated six candidates for the Seanad Éireann elections across the industrial and commercial, cultural and educational, agricultural, labour and administrative panels. Party Leader Mary Lou McDonald says they would advance planning for Irish re-unification in the Oireachtas.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Sinn Féin Seanad Éireann election candidate nominations Original release: Sinn Féin nominate six candidates to contest Seanad Éireann elections (opens in a new tab)
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Conor Murphy to run for Seanad Éireann as all-Ireland politics come centre stage
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy will contest the upcoming Seanad Éireann elections, with party leader Mary Lou McDonald saying his candidacy represents the whole island and advances the All-Ireland economy and Irish unity debate.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Conor Murphy to run for Seanad Éireann as all-Ireland politics come centre stage (opens in a new tab)
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Concerns about policy on transgender prisons raised in September – but ignored
TUV MLA Timothy Gaston says the Department of Justice has conceded a legal challenge by a transgender prisoner to be held in Hydebank Wood, which he claims shows the Executive lacks a policy on housing such prisoners. He argues the situation threatens female safety and questions the purpose of a…
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Department of Justice concession on Hydebank Wood transfer challenge Original release: Concerns about policy on transgender prisons raised in September – but ignored (opens in a new tab)
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‘Funding for NI Rural Women’s Network must be restored’ – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew has asked to meet the Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to urge the immediate restoration of funding for the NI Rural Women’s Network, whose grant was suspended over a small HMRC matter, stressing the need to protect rural women’s services.
Disability and equality Agriculture and rural affairs Issue: Funding suspension for NI Rural Women’s Network Original release: ‘Funding for NI Rural Women’s Network must be restored’ – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole: Pulling Stormont brake another DUP stunt
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole says the DUP's use of the Stormont brake on EU chemicals packaging and labelling rules was a stunt, arguing it will not cause lasting harm and that the SDLP will support efforts to ease implementation.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Stormont Brake request on EU chemical labelling regulation Original release: O’Toole: Pulling Stormont brake another DUP stunt (opens in a new tab)
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'Stormont Brake' pulled for the first time.
The DUP says its MLAs have notified the Assembly Speaker of their plan to use the Stormont Brake for the first time against EU Regulation 2024/2865 on chemical product labelling. Party leader Gavin Robinson claims the rules would hit trade worth about £1bn a year and urges MLAs across parties to…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Stormont Brake request on EU chemical labelling regulation Original release: 'Stormont Brake' pulled for the first time. (opens in a new tab)
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Urgent action needed to tackle violence against women and girls -…
DUP MP Carla Lockhart says she met Home Office Minister Jess Phillips to urge a comprehensive UK-wide strategy on violence against women and girls, citing the murders of Natalie McNally and Karen Cummings and calling for tougher sentencing and better victim support.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Original release: Urgent action needed to tackle violence against women and girls -… (opens in a new tab)
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Ulster Unionist Party Encourage Signing of Stormont Brake.
UUP MLA Dr Steve Aiken, who sits on the Windsor Framework scrutiny committee, urges all MLAs to back applying the Stormont Brake to EU chemical labelling Regulation 2024/2865. He says the committee has failed and that the UUP supports the first use of the brake.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Stormont Brake request on EU chemical labelling regulation Original release: Ulster Unionist Party Encourage Signing of Stormont Brake. (opens in a new tab)
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Suspension of border checks
TUV leader Jim Allister MP welcomes DAERA's temporary suspension of inspections on freight vehicles carrying goods from Britain to Northern Ireland, caused by Holyhead port disruption, but argues it shows the Irish Sea arrangements can be paused for EU and Republic interests.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: DAERA suspension of seal checks on Great Britain to Northern Ireland lorries Original release: Suspension of border checks (opens in a new tab)
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Hypocrisy and double standards of EU exposed - Buckley
DUP Upper Bann MLA Jonathan Buckley welcomes DAERA's decision to temporarily suspend seal checks on lorries bound for Belfast, which followed the temporary closure of Holyhead port, and says it exposes EU and Irish claims about Irish Sea border checks as hypocritical.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: DAERA suspension of seal checks on Great Britain to Northern Ireland lorries Original release: Hypocrisy and double standards of EU exposed - Buckley (opens in a new tab)
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Labour should deliver justice for WASPI women – DUP
DUP MPs Sammy Wilson and Jim Shannon call on the Labour Government to deliver redress for WASPI women after it announced it would not pay compensation, saying Labour campaigned for redress while in opposition.
Social security and welfare Disability and equality Issue: UK Government rejects PHSO compensation remedy for WASPI women Original release: Labour should deliver justice for WASPI women – DUP (opens in a new tab)
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Democracy must not be about the wallets of billionaires with agendas, says Eastwood, as she tables motion
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood has tabled a Parliamentary motion calling for urgent electoral law reforms to protect UK democracy from foreign and overseas billionaire influence, including stricter donation caps and transparency on contribution origins. She also says she is writing to the Prime…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Parliamentary motion on electoral law reform and overseas political donations Original release: Democracy must not be about the wallets of billionaires with agendas, says Eastwood, as she tables motion (opens in a new tab)
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Hanna: UK Government has failed Waspi women
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP says the UK Government has let down Waspi women by refusing compensation over poor communication of state pension age changes. She says the decision ignores maladministration findings and will push campaigners back to court.
Social security and welfare Disability and equality Issue: UK Government rejects PHSO compensation remedy for WASPI women Original release: Hanna: UK Government has failed Waspi women (opens in a new tab)
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McLaughlin calls for urgent action following report on Violence Against Women and Girls
SDLP Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin urges the Executive to act decisively after a Executive Office report found high rates of sexual, psychological and online abuse among adults and concerning attitudes towards harassment. She calls for faster delivery and proper funding of the Ending Violence…
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Executive Office research on attitudes to gender-based violence and VAWG Original release: McLaughlin calls for urgent action following report on Violence Against Women and Girls (opens in a new tab)