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Overwhelming opposition to Alliance Conversion Practices Bill -…
DUP MLA Pam Cameron says a Committee for Communities survey shows 93.55% of 1,379 respondents opposed the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill, and calls on the Alliance Party to heed the public and halt the Bill. She argues prosecutors flagged vague harm thresholds and reach into family…
Disability and equality Justice and policing Issue: Alliance Conversion Practices Bill Original release: Overwhelming opposition to Alliance Conversion Practices Bill -… (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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Harkin: DUP Incitement of Sectarian Tensions Must be Challenged
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says sectarian attacks on young people in Belfast must be condemned, and accuses the DUP of inflaming sectarian and racist tensions to deflect from its political crisis, linking this to Stormont cuts and housing failures.
Community relations and legacy Economy and employment Original release: Harkin: DUP Incitement of Sectarian Tensions Must be Challenged (opens in a new tab)
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'Not Fit for Office’ - Deputy First Minister Should Step Aside
People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll calls on Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly to step aside after reports she was allegedly warned that Jeffrey Donaldson was a danger to a young woman, claiming the DUP closed ranks around him.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Original release: 'Not Fit for Office’ - Deputy First Minister Should Step Aside (opens in a new tab)
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Carroll: Working Class Communities Paying Price for New Era of Austerity
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll condemns what he calls calculated austerity, saying Westminster's 64% cut to community support funding will cost around 400 sector jobs and 11,000 people employment support. He calls on the Executive to find £15.8 million to keep services running.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: Carroll: Working Class Communities Paying Price for New Era of Austerity (opens in a new tab)
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5,500 Children with Special Needs Abandoned by a Dysfunctional Executive
People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll condemns the cancellation of summer schemes for more than 5,500 children with special educational needs, blaming the Executive's failure and urging families and education workers to mobilise against the decision.
Education Disability and equality Original release: 5,500 Children with Special Needs Abandoned by a Dysfunctional Executive (opens in a new tab)
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Labour Budget Protects the Wealthy while Working Class Communities Pay the Price
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll accuses the UK government's budget of refusing to tax the super wealthy and penalising low and middle income families through frozen income tax thresholds. He welcomes the abolition of the two-child limit, which he says will benefit almost 50,000 families in…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: Labour Budget Protects the Wealthy while Working Class Communities Pay the Price (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party Cllr Kendall Again Condemns Executive Over Continued Delay of Safe Leave
Green Party Councillor Lauren Kendall accuses the Economy Minister and the Executive of stalling Safe Leave, which would give paid leave to domestic abuse victims, and says the delay is letting victims down. She links the criticism to new Women's Aid figures on refuge use and referrals in 2024/25.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Safe Leave legislation delay and inaction Original release: Green Party Cllr Kendall Again Condemns Executive Over Continued Delay of Safe Leave (opens in a new tab)
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Gerry Carroll Slams Labour’s Disastrous Asylum Reforms
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll calls the UK government's asylum reforms disastrous and says Labour is pandering to the far right, citing reviews of refugee status and changes to housing and allowances for asylum seekers.
Immigration International affairs Original release: Gerry Carroll Slams Labour’s Disastrous Asylum Reforms (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin Unites With DUP To Vote Down Trans Rights Solidarity Motion In Derry City and Strabane District Council
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says Sinn Féin joined the DUP to defeat his council motion backing trans people, which called for reversal of Stormont decisions on puberty blockers, gender identity services and school guidance. He says Sinn Féin called the motion divisive rather than…
Disability and equality Local government Original release: Sinn Féin Unites With DUP To Vote Down Trans Rights Solidarity Motion In Derry City and Strabane District Council (opens in a new tab)
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"We do not need another review, we need healthcare" - Ash Jones
Green Party representative Ash Jones calls the Health Minister's decision to commission Hilary Cass to review local Gender Identity Services a betrayal of trans patients. Jones says the review is unnecessary given recent local reviews, criticises the Cass Review's use for puberty blocker…
Health Disability and equality Original release: "We do not need another review, we need healthcare" - Ash Jones (opens in a new tab)
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Education Minister's attacks on SEN pupils and education staff a new low - Gerry Carroll MLA
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll accuses the Education Minister and Education Authority of shifting blame for a shortage of SEN school places onto schools. He calls for them to listen to families and education unions and reverse their decision.
Education Disability and equality Original release: Education Minister's attacks on SEN pupils and education staff a new low - Gerry Carroll MLA (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party NI Slams Delay on Safe Leave for Domestic Abuse Victims
Green Party Councillor for Holywood & Clandeboye Lauren Kendall says the delay in bringing in Safe Leave for domestic abuse victims is unacceptable, noting regulations may not be in place until late 2026. She calls on the Economy Minister to act urgently on the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Act.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Original release: Green Party NI Slams Delay on Safe Leave for Domestic Abuse Victims (opens in a new tab)
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Cruel, Punishing Budget Won’t Deliver for Working Class People
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says the 2025/26 Budget, which he voted against, is another year of crisis management, citing homelessness, toxic algae in Lough Neagh and health waiting lists. He calls for mitigations to Westminster social security cuts and the two-child limit and for…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland 2025/26 Budget vote Original release: Cruel, Punishing Budget Won’t Deliver for Working Class People (opens in a new tab)
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Every Labour Election Pledge A Lie
People Before Profit's Gerry Harkin accuses Labour of betraying its Westminster election pledges, citing cuts to winter fuel payments and disability benefits and its stance on refugees and defence spending. He calls on Stormont parties to resist Westminster policies rather than facilitate them.
Social security and welfare Disability and equality Original release: Every Labour Election Pledge A Lie (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party reacts saying puberty blocker decision turns failure of our community into betrayal
Green Party Councillor Anthony Flynn calls on the Executive to release the evidence behind its puberty blocker decision, now made indefinite after a temporary ban. He accuses the Executive parties of failing LGBTQ+ people over an equality strategy promised since 2007, and singles out Sinn Féin and…
Disability and equality Original release: Green Party reacts saying puberty blocker decision turns failure of our community into betrayal (opens in a new tab)
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"The people who can’t bring forward a PFG come together to actively make things worse for trans people" - Ash Jones
Green Party NI representative Ash Jones criticises the Executive's decision to extend a temporary ban on puberty blockers to Northern Ireland, announced by Health Minister Mike Nesbitt, calling it a betrayal of trans people and their families.
Disability and equality Health Original release: "The people who can’t bring forward a PFG come together to actively make things worse for trans people" - Ash Jones (opens in a new tab)
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The Dup Should Offer Leadership Not Victim Blaming
People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin calls on DUP Infrastructure Minister Gordon Lyons to withdraw his remarks that the protesters' legitimate concerns should not be forgotten, after violence and racist intimidation in Belfast. Harkin calls the comments victim blaming and says the DUP…
Disability and equality Justice and policing Issue: Gordon Lyons remarks on Belfast racist protest Original release: The Dup Should Offer Leadership Not Victim Blaming (opens in a new tab)
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Communities Minister decision more ideological than practical
Green Party councillor Anthony Flynn criticises the Communities Minister's decision to end remote council meetings from 6 March, calling it short-sighted and ideological. He says remote attendance improves accessibility for councillors with caring or health needs and urges the minister to extend…
Local government Disability and equality Original release: Communities Minister decision more ideological than practical (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Áine Groogan will attempt to overturn SF & DUP carve-up
Green Party Councillor Áine Groogan criticises Sinn Féin and DUP for seeking to overturn a £800,000 Neighbourhood Regeneration Funding award to Sólás, a South Belfast charity for children with special needs. She says she will propose rejecting the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee's…
Local government Disability and equality Original release: Cllr Áine Groogan will attempt to overturn SF & DUP carve-up (opens in a new tab)
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Who Is Posie Parker And Why We Protest
People Before Profit says Posie Parker (Kellie-Jay Keen) is a social media influencer whose campaign against trans people targets the Gender Recognition Act, and says her Irish events are linked to far-right figures, which is why the party is protesting her.
Disability and equality Issue: Posie Parker Belfast rally protest Original release: Who Is Posie Parker And Why We Protest (opens in a new tab)