Rachel Reeves - the worst Chancellor this country has ever had Monday, 1 December, 2025 Rachel Reeves will go down as the worst Chancellor this country has ever had. Her position is now untenable and she knows it. Last year, she launched the biggest tax raid in history then swore she wouldn’t be back for more. Today she’s broken that promise. Labour are hiking taxes again to pay for more welfare. And why? To keep their backbenchers quiet. The Government has lost what little... Articles
Competitiveness holds back job creation 14th August 2015 NI Conservatives economy spokesman Johnny Andrews welcomes the small fall in unemployment but says this small fall masks the continued high level of... Local News
Tories select Wilson for East Belfast 2nd July 2015 The Conservatives have selected Neil Wilson to contest next year’s Northern Ireland Assembly elections in East Belfast. Mr Wilson was the party’s Westminster... Local News
Executive is stalling the economy - Andrews 22nd June 2015 Northern Ireland’s economy is stalling because the Executive is “fostering uncertainty” by failing to implement welfare reform and agree a budget, according to... Local News
Northern Ireland at "the crossroads" economically - Tories 16th June 2015 The crisis over welfare reform and the budget has “left Northern Ireland at a crossroads, economically and politically”, according to Conservative Party... Local News
Civil servants job uncertainty 'shameful' 12th June 2015 More than 1,000 civil servants, due to take voluntary redundancy, are being put “in a shameful position” by the Stormont Executive, according to Conservative... Local News
College crèche decision 'stifles aspiration' 10th June 2015 The Conservatives’ spokesman for East Belfast, Neil Wilson, has asked why Belfast Met further education college is closing a crèche at its Castlereagh campus. Local News
Manton criticises 'scaremongering' about schools merger 5th June 2015 The Conservatives’ South Belfast spokesman, Ben Manton, has criticised “needless scaremongering” about the proposed merger of three primary schools. The... Local News
Conservative government great for Northern Ireland 3rd June 2015 The Conservative Party’s General Election victory is great news for the UK as a whole and it’s particularly good news for Northern Ireland. This part of the... Opinions
Welfare debacle shows opposition necessary at Stormont 28th May 2015 The crisis over welfare reform at Stormont has “proved beyond any shadow of doubt the need for an official opposition at the Assembly”, according to... Local News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News
