SDLP will not enter government unless new roads funded
New leader Colum Eastwood tells delegates infrastructure investment must be part of programme
Colum Eastwood: “But our voice is back, and is getting stronger by the day. The SDLP is back in the conversation”
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says he will take his party into opposition after the Assembly election in the North unless key infrastructure and educational investment is part of a programme for government.
In his first address as leader, four months into the role, Mr Eastwood told delegates at the SDLP party conference in St Columb’s Hall in his home city of Derry that the party would only enter government after May 5th if funding was secured for the A5 and A6 dual-carriageways and expansion at the Ulster University site at Magee.