In his first speech as DUP leader, Gavin Robinson criticized the Labour government's policies on winter fuel payments and funding for Northern Ireland. He also defended the party's decision to return to Stormont earlier this year.
Gavin Robinson has hit out at the Labour government in a speech to DUP members in which he promised a new direction for the party.
This marked Mr Robinson's first speech to the DUP conference since he became leader in April, when Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigned and was suspended from the party after historical sex offence allegations against him emerged. "But we knew, that after two years of negotiation, it wasn't possible to secure more with a government in its dying days. We knew too, that with the likely prospect of a Labour Government in the coming months, any negotiation was not going to get better. In fact, it may have been worse."
"Regrettably, if the first two months of their tenure has shown us anything, it's that such strength won't always be used for good," Mr Robinson told the party conference. "Whilst we secured victory in five constituencies, we suffered a difficult night at the election and we will learn and rebuild from that."
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