Executive failure to set Budget before midnight deadline

1 release from 1 party, 31 July 2026.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. O'Toole: Executive Budget negligence reaches new depths as deadline looms

   • SDLP
   • 31 July 2026
   • Criticism
   • Criticises the northern ireland executive, a minister or department

   SDLP Opposition Leader Matthew O’Toole says the Executive’s failure to agree a Budget will trigger a legal 5% spending cut at midnight, warns it endangers services and urges UK Secretary of State Chris Bryant to urgently resolve the budget crisis and push for Stormont reform.

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.

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