UUP '˜schools first' pledge

Jenny Palmer. Picture by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Robbie Butler and Jenny Palmer, the Lagan Valley Ulster Unionist Assembly candidates and Lisburn and Castlereagh City Councillors, have stressed that a vote for them on May 5 is a vote to seek an increase the number of nursery, pre-school and primary school places of choice throughout the constituency.

Their pledge to make education in Lagan Valley their number one priority came as the two UUP candidates issued their own ‘People First Pledge’ to the constituency’s electorate.

In a joint statement Mr Butler and Mrs Palmer said: “During our extensive canvassing across the constituency, time and again the issue of education was raised repeatedly. As UUP candidates, we pledge if elected to campaign for a significant increase in the number of nursery, pre-school and primary places throughout Lagan Valley. Choice in these matters must be the order of the day.

“Our politics are the politics of helping people with their problems in health, housing, education and farming. Our policies are built upon the three pillars of putting people first, putting patients first and getting prices that are fair for farmers.