AS Labour lost one of its safest parliamentary seats in Scotland last Friday, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party Sir Reg Empey said: ";The political earthquake of the Glasgow East by-election result cannot be underestimated. The last time a non-Labour MP represented this part of Glasgow was 1918 - nearly a century a go. Labour is losing its heartlands, a stunning indictment of how out-of-touch th...

Following Thursday's meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board Ulster Unionist MLA for Lagan Valley and Policing Board member Basil McCrea has responded to statements made by Sinn Fein that the dismissal of charges in the case surrounding the first deployment of TASER has completely discredited its use.

Ulster Unionist MLA for North Down and Policing Board member Leslie Cree has welcomed the start of the summer holidays for children and young people but has warned of the dangers associated with underage drinking. The PSNI continues to educate parents of the risks associated with their children through the campaign, 'You, Your Child and Alcohol'.

Ulster Unionist Assembly member David McNarry has questioned the wisdom of proposals to allow convicted terrorists to register with private security firms.

East Londonderry MLA David McClarty has welcomed the decision by the Orange Order in Coleraine to modify its planned parade next Wednesday to commemorate the Battle of the Somme.

Ulster Unionist MLA for Newry and Armagh, Danny Kennedy has accused the Education Minister of seeking to ";demolish"; religious and cultural diversity within grammar schools.

The Ulster Unionist Party has said that the First and deputy First Minister are failing victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland following concerns over the delay of progress being made within the victims service.

Ulster Unionist MLA Rev Robert Coulter, member of the Assembly Committee for Employment and Learning has commended the Minister on his ";widely recognised efforts"; to develop Northern Ireland's skills base through apprenticeship training.

Education spokesperson for the Ulster Unionist Party, Mr Basil McCrea, has described Caitriona Ruane as ";an absolute, utter joke";, and said that the people of Northern Ireland will ";rue the day"; that she became Minister of Education.

Ulster Unionist Party deputy Leader Danny Kennedy has reacted to recent comments made by Sammy Wilson, DUP MLA for East Antrim, by suggesting that the DUP stops living in their own version of the past and get on with governing Northern Ireland.