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Pulling Stormont Brake is another DUP stunt, says Tennyson
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Alliance leader Naomi Long's party colleague Tennyson, identified in the release as Alliance's representative, calls the DUP's push to pull the Stormont brake a cynical, self-defeating stunt ahead of a UK-EU summit. He says it undermines progress on an SPS agreement and business confidence.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Stormont brake request on EU goods regulations Original release: Pulling Stormont Brake is another DUP stunt, says TennysonArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Unionist Leaders and Inter-Trade UK Business Association urge the Secretary of State to stop EU Regulation 2026/2108 deepening the Irish Sea customs border
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Matching passage: Yesterday MLAs triggered the Stormont Brake over the application to Northern Ireland of the EU's new Union Customs Code, Regulation (EU) 2026/2108. The new code redefines the terms of the…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Stormont brake request on EU goods regulations Original release: Unionist Leaders and Inter-Trade UK Business Association urge the Secretary of State to stop EU Regulation 2026/2108 deepening the Irish Sea customs borderArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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O'Toole: DUP/SF mudslinging distracting from Christmas pay scandal
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Matching passage: …Sinn Féin at the Executive Office Committee distracted from the real scandal unfolding elsewhere at Stormont, after the Department of Finance confirmed it is now too late for any civil service pay…
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Stormont brake request on Budget agreement Original release: O'Toole: DUP/SF mudslinging distracting from Christmas pay scandal
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Eastwood backs home carers amid rising pressures
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Matching passage: …A promise by Stormont to implement the real living wage was not delivered when other health staff received a rise, carers are being asked to do more in shorter periods of time…
Economy and employment Health Issue: Stormont brake request on EU goods regulations Original release: Eastwood backs home carers amid rising pressures
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Whitehall asleep as EU parcel tax and AI rules hit Northern Ireland
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Matching passage: …If there is anything the Stormont Brake should be applied to, this is it. “Finally, our government has agreed to apply parts of the EU AI Act in Northern Ireland. Either Whitehall…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU handling fees on Northern Ireland parcels Original release: Whitehall asleep as EU parcel tax and AI rules hit Northern Ireland
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SDLP launches three-stage reform plan to end Stormont paralysis
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Matching passage: The SDLP Opposition has launched a major new policy plan to reform Stormont, strengthen democratic accountability and break the cycle of political crisis and paralysis that has characterised devolved government in recent…
Constitutional affairs Issue: SDLP launches Stormont reform plan Original release: SDLP launches three-stage reform plan to end Stormont paralysisArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Assembly election an opportunity to break the cycle of crises, says Tennyson, following re-selection
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Matching passage: Speaking after his re-selection, Mr Tennyson said the election would give voters an opportunity to demand better from Stormont and move Northern Ireland beyond the cycle of political crises. “ The Assembly…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Stormont deadlock and public services disarray Original release: Assembly election an opportunity to break the cycle of crises, says Tennyson, following re-selection
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Andrew Muir and Connie Egan selected as Alliance North Down Assembly candidates
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Matching passage: …All of this must be underpinned by a reformed Stormont where the culture of standoff and stalemate and the cycle of crisis and collapse is ended for good. “Next May, we have…
Environment and climate Agriculture and rural affairs Original release: Andrew Muir and Connie Egan selected as Alliance North Down Assembly candidates
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McGrath: Our Doctors and Nurses Are Not Pawns in a Political Game
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Matching passage: …And our health service cannot be treated as collateral damage in a standoff between Stormont and Westminster. “The Executive cannot simply throw its hands in the air, point towards London and pretend…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Stormont handling of health service pay disputes Original release: McGrath: Our Doctors and Nurses Are Not Pawns in a Political Game
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Hunger figures must be a wake-up call for Communities Minister, says Mulholland
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Alliance MLA Mulholland says new figures showing more than one in five people in Northern Ireland ran out of food and could not afford more in the last year should be a wake-up call for the Communities Minister. He calls for a funded, ambitious Anti-Poverty Strategy with deadlines and measurable…
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Stormont poverty statistics release Original release: Hunger figures must be a wake-up call for Communities Minister, says Mulholland
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Hanna: Budget must deliver support now and invest in Northern Ireland's future
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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, and to pledge a ten‑year partnership investing in infrastructure, housing and skills to build a stronger
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment 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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SDLP selects Malachy Quinn as Assembly Candidate for Mid Ulster
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Matching passage: …I want to bring that same community spirit to Stormont and make sure people across Mid Ulster have someone who will listen to them and stand up for them when it matters…
Other Local government Original release: SDLP selects Malachy Quinn as Assembly Candidate for Mid Ulster
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O’Toole: Belfast transport plan long on aspiration, short on delivery commitments
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Matching passage: …in this plan are high on aspiration, but we have seen far too often with Stormont plans that delivery fails to match ambition. Even within this plan the commitment to build the…
Infrastructure and transport 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