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Omagh - Regional Investment

Infrastructure spending and capital investment should include the most deprived regions, based on need - not just Belfast
Transport routes in the West should be improved with a high priority on train routes
Councils should develop programmes for the regeneration of town centres
Councils should be given greater powers to take steps to pedestrianise streets in towns & cities
Legislate to remove The Surrender Principle in alcohol licensing
A Social Value Act for Northern Ireland should be developed to entrench community wealth building into regional and local government
Comments
  • We are in favour of modernising our licensing system and removing archaic laws. However, reform of licensing is also an opportunity to look at how to run the hospitality industry to best protect workers and customers. We believe that removal of “the surrender principle” should be accompanied with a social clause that mandates employers to pay a living wage, guarantee hours for staff and licensed premises should be required to sign up to Unite Hospitality's Get Me Home Safe charter