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.
Retired army veteran Tim Collins will run as the Ulster Unionist’s candidate for North Down in the upcoming general election, aiming to take the seat from Alliance.
The Ulster Unionist Party have announced that Janice Montgomery will replace Ryan McCready on Derry City and Strabane District Council.
