The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) have confirmed that they will field a candidate in Belfast East in the general election. Ryan Warren will contest the seat currently held by the DUP, and with Alliance close behind.
Ulster Unionist MLA Mike Nesbitt has been appointed as Northern Ireland’s new Minister of Health, after Robin Swann stepped down to focus on campaigning for the upcoming general election.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced today that the next general election will be held on 4 July. Rumours have been circulating all day about the possibility of a summer election, and it’s now been confirmed by Rishi Sunak outside Downing Street.
A councillor on Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has quit the Ulster Unionist Party following the decision to replace Robin Swann with Mike Nesbitt as Health Minister, saying the party is run “like a dictatorship”.
The Ulster Unionist Party has today announced their candidate for Mid Ulster in the upcoming general election. Jay Basra will attempt to gain the seat from current holders Sinn Féin.
Ulster Unionist Robin Swann is to step down as Health Minister when his general election campaign starts; He will be standing for the UUP in South Antrim in an attempt to gain the seat from the DUP’s Paul Girvan.
With Labour expected to come into power later this year, their Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has been meeting with ministers and parties at Stormont.
The SDLP had their first official opposition day today – they tried to get reassurances that there would no further collapses of Stormont – but Sinn Fein and the DUP voted against the motion.
The Ulster Unionist Party have announced that Matthew Bell will stand in West Tyrone in an attempt to take the seat from Sinn Fein who gained it in 2001 – from the Ulster Unionists.
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