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Pulling Stormont Brake is another DUP stunt, says Tennyson
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland says the DUP's move to pull the Stormont brake is a cynical stunt that threatens progress on a UK‑EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement, risking higher checks in the Irish Sea and undermining 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
UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA, TUV leader Jim Allister KC MP and ITUKBA chair Peter Summerton call on the Secretary of State to apply the Stormont Brake and halt EU Regulation 2026/2108, saying it deepens the Irish Sea customs border and harms GB‑NI trade.
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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Swann welcomes Joint UK-EU Agreement on parcel fees ahead of Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
South Antrim MP Robin Swann welcomes the UK‑EU agreement that will keep “not at risk” parcels entering Northern Ireland free of EU handling fees, but says uncertainty remains over how the EU AI Act will apply to NI businesses under the Windsor Framework.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU handling fees on Northern Ireland parcels Original release: Swann welcomes Joint UK-EU Agreement on parcel fees ahead of Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
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Whitehall asleep as EU parcel tax and AI rules hit Northern Ireland
The party welcomes a proposed UK-EU SPS agreement but criticises EU customs rules and AI Act application in Northern Ireland.
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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Stewart Dickson and Danny Donnelly selected as Alliance East Antrim Assembly candidates
Alliance Party selects Stewart Dickson and Danny Donnelly as its East Antrim Assembly candidates, urging progressive voters to retain the two cross‑community MLAs and pledging to deliver a shared, inclusive society for the constituency.
Community relations and legacy Health Issue: Alliance selects East Antrim Assembly candidates Original release: Stewart Dickson and Danny Donnelly selected as Alliance East Antrim Assembly candidates
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Burrows: ‘I’ll take no lectures from Sinn Féin on democracy, on equality or on the past’
Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows MLA says Sinn Féin is in no position to lecture on equality, after being accused of a supremacist attitude by Philip McGuigan MLA.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Philip McGuigan's Assembly speech accusing Jon Burrows MLA of supremacist attitude Original release: Burrows: ‘I’ll take no lectures from Sinn Féin on democracy, on equality or on the past’
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Aiken: Food checks deal welcome, but Irish Sea border is far from gone
UUP MLA Dr Steve Aiken welcomes the draft UK‑EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement on food checks, but warns that Northern Ireland will stay separated from the rest of the UK on many regulations, tariffs and the new EU customs code, increasing trade disruption.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU-UK food and plant products agreement Original release: Aiken: Food checks deal welcome, but Irish Sea border is far from gone
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Bradshaw condemns DUP gaslighting over Flags Bill
Alliance MLA Bradshaw says the DUP is gaslighting families over the Flags Bill by attempting to filibuster it through an extended Committee Stage.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: DUP attempt to filibuster Flags Bill in Assembly Committee Stage Original release: Bradshaw condemns DUP gaslighting over Flags Bill