UUP Delegation meets Iain Duncan Smith

UUP Deputy Leader Danny Kennedy MLA has welcomed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith on his first visit to Northern Ireland since entering Government. The Secretary of State - in his only meeting with a Northern Ireland political party during the visit - met with a UUP delegation to discuss range of social justice issues.

Mr. Kennedy said, "The fact that Iain Duncan Smith's first visit to a devolved administration was to Northern Ireland powerfully illustrates his commitment to Northern Ireland's place in mainstream British politics. There is a pressing need for Northern Ireland to playits part in the national debate started by Iain over social justice, child poverty and welfare dependency. read more