TUV has warned that there can be no place at the table for the Irish Government in discussions about the internal affairs of Northern Ireland. Nor can Unionists, who boycotted inter-party talks as part of the ‘graduated response’ of protest against the denial of human rights at Ardoyne, meekly re-engage while nothing has changed for […]
Commenting on further delays in the coroner’s inquest into the Kingsmill massacre TUV leader Jim Allister said: “Just a few days ago we had some politicians from Northern Ireland hailing comments by the Secretary of State and claiming that the get out of jail free letters issued to suspected Republican terrorists were worthless. Events in […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “For many months I have had deep concerns about the operation of the Victims and Survivors Service, particularly from the perspective of many disappointments experienced by innocent victims. Now, I have received an anonymous dossier, patently from an insider in VSS, which suggests a service in turmoil, hamstrung by […]
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “There is a growing funding crisis in the innocent victims’ sector. The phasing out of PEACE III funding, with no gap provision made by Stormont, has coincided with severe cuts by OFMDFM in such funding as their Victim & Survivors Service provides. Even payments under the individual needs programme […]
The day after exposing expenditure of £50,000 per week by government on hospitality, TUV leader Jim Allister has hit out at OFMDFM’s almost 5% cut in grants already awarded to victim groups and the withdrawal of other facilities previously funded. “I find it sickening that while the Stormont Executive presides over a 22% increase in […]