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The Ulster Unionist Party has a Positive, Progressive, Pro-Union vision for Northern Ireland. Published & Promoted by UUP HQ, 2-4 Belmont Rd, Belfast, BT4 2AN

Northern Ireland, UK
Joined February 2009
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—” โ€œI joined the Ulster Unionist Party because I believed in its unique blend of passionate unionism and pragmatic politics. โ€œThe Ulster Unionist Party is rooted in a deep sense of duty, selflessness,
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ Ulster Unionist Education Spokesperson Jon Burrows MLA has welcomed progress on proposals to strengthen support for the controlled education sector but warned
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—บ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜…๐˜† Ulster Unionist Party Justice Spokesperson Doug Beattie MC MLA has issued a strong rebuke of the UK Governmentโ€™s Legacy Commission Bill, warning that the so called protections
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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Following the announcement that Mike Nesbitt MLA would be standing down as Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, the Party initiated its leadership transition process, beginning with the opening of nominations. Nominations officially closed at 5pm today. We can confirm that Jon
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—”๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† Windsor Framework Spokesperson Dr Steve Aiken OBE MLA has raised serious concerns after a Democratic Scrutiny Committee meeting revealed a lack of clarity on who is
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ Todayโ€™s cancer waiting time figures reflect an early stage in the transition to our new regional breast assessment service. While there is still more to do, the progress since
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@healthdpt
Department of Health
2 days
The Health Minister has said the latest cancer waiting times figures reflect an early stage in the transition to the new regional breast assessment service. Minister Nesbitt said improvements have followed the move to the regional model. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Read more: https://t.co/0ymCgezEzC
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ Ulster Unionist Education Spokesperson Jon Burrows MLA has welcomed the Northern Ireland Teachersโ€™ Council (NITC) decision to accept
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐˜€ Ulster Unionist Infrastructure Spokesperson John Stewart MLA has urged Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins to take immediate action following severe disruption caused by last weekโ€™s snow and ice.
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ Ulster Unionist Justice Spokesperson Doug Beattie MC MLA has welcomed the Justice Ministerโ€™s commitment to a comprehensive sentencing review,
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—จ๐—น๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—จ-๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—— Ulster Unionist MP Robin Swann has welcomed reports that the Government intends to scrap plans for a mandatory national
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Robin Swann MP
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I have made it clear to the Prime Minister - it would be unacceptable for the Irish Government to have any veto over UK Troubles Legislation, and it is apparent from the number of amendments the new NI Troubles Bill is flawed. @uuponline @UUPWestminster
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@healthdpt
Department of Health
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๐Ÿ’‰ The Health Minister has urged those eligible to protect themselves with a flu vaccination. 2๏ธโƒฃ It takes two weeks for the vaccine to protect you and others. ๐Ÿ‘‰ More info: https://t.co/XQ6pe7J8H0
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@BeattieDoug
Doug Beattie
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As elected representatives it is important we openly support our Police Service. If we want a representative service then we must promote @PoliceServiceNI in our communities and wider society. Recruitment begins tomorrow๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป https://t.co/gOZMC1Y6Bz
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Robin Swann MP
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๐ŸšœThe recent changes made to the Family Farm Tax are due to the hard work and advocacy of the likes of @UFUHQ & @YFCUPresident. A significant lack of clarity around some of these changes remains the government need to supply that urgently.
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—˜๐—จ ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ-๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ The Ulster Unionist Party has raised serious concerns about the EUโ€™s accelerated customs reforms and their impact on Northern Ireland
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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Ulster Unionist Justice Spokesperson Doug Beattie MC MLA highlights the need for action on the ongoing Criminal Bar Association industrial action and its impact on the Executiveโ€™s ability to address violence against women and girls. Watch below โฌ‡๏ธ
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@uuponline
Ulster Unionist Party
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๐—จ๐—น๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—™รฉ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—จ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ The Ulster Unionist Party has rejected Sinn Fรฉinโ€™s proposal to establish an EU office in Belfast, warning that it is a political stunt that does
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@RobinSwann_MP
Robin Swann MP
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I'm pleased to have secured a nomination to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. I look forward to and focusing on the issues facing the people of NI & working pragmatically to ensure that positive, moderate unionism has a constructive voice at the table.
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