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
NI Conservatives' President awarded CBE in New Year's Honours list 2nd January 2014 NI Conservatives’ president, Emma Pidding, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours’ List. Local News
Ringland brands Executive parties 'pathetic' after Haass talks fail 24th December 2013 NI Conservatives’ co-chair, Trevor Ringland, has branded Northern Ireland’s executive parties “thoroughly pathetic”, after they failed to reach agreement in... Local News
Minister cannot be allowed to divert money into divisive projects 23rd December 2013 “Every penny” of EU Common Agricultural Policy funding should be “spent on supporting farmers and agri-food”, according to NI Conservatives’ prospective... Local News
What the 'Christmas Truce' can teach us 23rd December 2013 Next year sees the 100 th anniversary of the ‘Christmas Truce’. Over the 24 th and 25 th of December 2014, British and German troops famously climbed out of... Opinions
McBride welcomes zero hours consultation 20th December 2013 NI Conservatives’ spokesman, Brian McBride, has welcomed the government’s consultation into ‘zero hours contracts’. Local News
Business red tape review took too long to set up 20th December 2013 A review into red tape encountered by businesses is ‘seriously overdue’, according to NI Conservatives’ economy spokesman, Johnny Andrews. Local News
Executive should spell out the true cost of welfare - Brotherston 18th December 2013 The Stormont Executive should specify which public services it intends to cut, when it breaks ‘parity’ with the welfare system in the rest of the UK, next month... Local News
Council 'opt outs' on flags 'pointless' 17th December 2013 The NI Conservatives’ co-chair has described any suggestion that councils could ‘opt out’ of protocols around flags as ‘pretty pointless’. Trevor Ringland was... Local News
Deplorable attack targetting whole community 16th December 2013 The explosion in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast on Friday evening was ‘a deplorable attack which targeted the whole community’, according to NI Conservatives’... Local News
Conservatives to guarantee minimum service during rail strikes to end misery for passengers 23rd November 2019 A Conservative majority government will stop railways grinding to a halt by ensuring that a minimum train service must operate during strikes. National News
Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge for non-UK residents to make housing fairer 22nd November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a higher rate of stamp duty for those buying property who are not UK tax residents. National News
More homes, more homeowners, and a better deal for renters under the Conservatives 21st November 2019 The Conservatives are today setting out how a Conservative majority government would deliver more houses, help more people buy their own home and deliver a... National News
Boris Johnson: I will cut taxes for working people 20th November 2019 A Conservative majority Government will cut taxes for millions of working people on low and middle incomes, the Prime Minister has announced. National News
Get Brexit done to support British farmers 20th November 2019 The Conservatives are committing today to protect funding for British farmers, enabling them to take full advantage of the opportunities of Brexit. National News
We are committed to securing justice for victims 20th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce an ambitious package of measures to support the victims of crime, the party has announced today. National News
