The third largest vote winner in the last elections, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), is also keen to help create jobs but it believes that one of the best ways this can be achieved is by growing the knowledge economy in Northern Ireland.

The UUP is the only party to have published a policy document specifically on the knowledge economy and it has done this because it believes this is the sector that affords the best opportunity to “allow young people to realise their tremendous potential while remaining in Northern Ireland”.

Belfast briefing: Job creation key to Northern Ireland elections