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My Conservative Home article (unedited version)

This century has seen a great growth in the powers and reach of so called independent public sector  bodies. The four main parties in Parliament usually cheered on and engineered these moves. There was a general buy in to the  proposition that experts were better than political generalists, and that...Read More »

California Crossroads

I called in today as a local resident  to refuel at the garage . The works I am told are now running behind schedule. The local businesses are suffering very badly. Turnover is massively down with many customers  unable to get there or to park easily. We local users did...Read More »


Minister Lyons commits to policies to deliver meaningful impacts and lasting benefits.

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has committed to making a ‘real and meaningful impact’ by delivering policies with lasting benefits at his first Communities Committee appearance.

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Reappointments to the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons MLA, has reappointed the following as Members of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) from 1 April 2024 until 31 March 2028:

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Reappointment of six non-executive members to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced the reappointment of six Non-Executive Members to the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS).

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Greens respond to Sunak plans to end 'sick-note culture'

19 April 2024

Responding to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to stop GPs issuing sick notes to people too ill to work, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: 

“How cold hearted do you have to be, and how lacking in empathy, to see this crisis of ill health as anything other than...Read More »


The IMF were wrong. It’s wasteful spending that needs to go

The IMF like the left wing parties says there must be no unfunded tax cuts. Like them it does not complain about unaffordable wasteful  spending. Indeed it argues spending needs to go up. Why?

There is so much to be done by getting  a proper grip on spending. There is no...Read More »


£381,000 Road improvement scheme for the Dromore Road, Royal Hillsborough to commence

A £381,000 carriageway and footway resurfacing scheme on B177 Dromore Road, Royal Hillsborough will commence on Monday 22 April 2024.

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