Democratic Unionist Party
DUP MP Carla Lockhart welcomes the Prime Minister's Commons assurance that the triple lock on pensions will remain, after speculation it could be scrapped. She says the DUP secured the triple lock in its 2017 agreement and opposed any move to drop it.
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SDLP Stormont Leader Matthew O’Toole says the SDLP’s Triple Lock proposal would shield public services and restore fiscal stability after the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council warned an £800 million deficit must be met by cuts or revenue raising.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: O’Toole: Triple Lock plan provides solution to budget deficit (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath warns that a near 10% health budget cut will worsen waiting lists, raise car parking charges and hit community and voluntary groups. He calls for the Triple Lock proposal to resist the cuts and says a future Executive should seek extra funding from London.
Health Public finance and taxation Original release: McGrath: Solutions needed to reverse bleak health picture (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Stormont Leader Matthew O'Toole MLA says a Department of Finance financial context report shows a £2.3bn loss to inflation, and calls on the DUP to return to government. He also points to the SDLP's outlined plan to protect public spending from cuts and increase scrutiny.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: O’Toole: Public finance report demands urgent action (opens in a new tab)
TUV leader Jim Allister says he is delighted by grassroots response a week after the TUV/Reform UK electoral alignment, blaming the DUP's stance on the Protocol for harming unionist morale and accusing the DUP and UUP of dividing unionism.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: TUV/Reform UK electoral alignment announcement Original release: Delighted by response to TUV/Reform UK alignment (opens in a new tab)
SDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole says proposed revenue-raising measures under a Secretary of State consultation will cause concern for struggling households, and argues the British Government shares blame for Northern Ireland's public finances. He calls the measures a tactic to pressure the DUP back into…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: O’Toole: North’s public finances not a stick to beat DUP (opens in a new tab)
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll responds to a DUP statement on its continued Executive engagement, saying the party will keep ministerial pay while using Petition of Concern to obstruct Assembly business. He cites the age of criminal responsibility, the Good Jobs Bill and the conversion…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: DUP Stormont brake request on MLA wages and ministerial cars Original release: Carroll: DUP Will Pocket the Wage and Wreck the Work (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (captured later), Internet Archive capture of 9 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)