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Kwarteng Gone, Truss Should Be Next!
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll calls for the Tory mini budget to be scrapped after Chancellor Kwarteng's resignation, and says Prime Minister Truss should resign and take her tax proposals with her.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Kwarteng resignation and Tory mini budget Original release: Kwarteng Gone, Truss Should Be Next!
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Harkin: Council Hardship Fund Hypocrites
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the Council Hardship Fund is a drop in the ocean and condemns the SDLP, Sinn Féin and DUP for blocking or cutting it, calling their actions hypocritical and urging additional funding to tackle the cost‑of‑living crisis.
Economy and employment Local government Issue: Council Hardship Fund Original release: Harkin: Council Hardship Fund Hypocrites
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DUP And UU Think 6000 Students At Magee Is Good Enough For Derry
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the DUP and Ulster University are accepting 6,000 students at Magee as enough, and calls for an urgent plan to reach a 10,000-student minimum within five years. He also calls for investment across Derry and the North West, citing Derry City Deal funding…
Education Economy and employment Issue: Ulster University Magee campus student number target 6,000 Original release: DUP And UU Think 6000 Students At Magee Is Good Enough For Derry
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Donaldson & DUP Are A Waste Of Space In Westminster If They Can’t Challenge Tory Economic Vandalism
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin attacks the DUP and Jeffrey Donaldson for failing to challenge the Truss government's budget, which he says will deepen inequality and harm public services. He calls for escalating protests and industrial action.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Liz Truss 2022 budget announcement Original release: Donaldson & DUP Are A Waste Of Space In Westminster If They Can’t Challenge Tory Economic Vandalism
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Belfast BT Striker Speaks
People Before Profit publishes an interview with Hollie Gregg, a BT worker in Belfast, who says BT workers are striking over an imposed flat-rate pay rise of about 1500 that she argues is a real-terms pay cut given inflation of around 10 to 11 percent.
Economy and employment Issue: BT workers strike over imposed pay rise, October 2022 Original release: Belfast BT Striker Speaks
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999 Operators On Strike In Portadown
People Before Profit says CWU strike action by BT Openreach workers has expanded to include 999 operators at the Portadown telephone exchange, which handles inbound emergency calls across the UK. It describes pickets, a 10-13% pay demand and calls for real negotiations with BT.
Economy and employment Issue: CWU BT Openreach strike expands to Portadown 999 operators Original release: 999 Operators On Strike In Portadown
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Why Ni Housing Executive Strikers Are Extending
People Before Profit says Northern Ireland Housing Executive workers, members of Unite, are extending their strike into October over a 1.75% pay offer and inflation at 12%, backing demands for pay rises of around 10%.
Economy and employment Housing Issue: NIHE Unite strike extended into October over pay offer Original release: Why Ni Housing Executive Strikers Are Extending
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Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past
People Before Profit says a united Ireland needs a border poll without delay and must be a radically different, socialist state rather than a continuation of the two existing states, citing housing, childcare, health waiting lists and tax havens.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past
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A Billionaire’s Budget
People Before Profit says the Tory budget announced by Liz Truss is an anti‑working‑class plan that favours billionaires, cuts benefits and ignores the cost‑of‑living crisis, and calls for mass rallies in Belfast and Derry to oppose it.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Liz Truss 2022 budget announcement Original release: A Billionaire’s Budget
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Gerry Carroll MLA On The News That Catholics Outnumber Protestants In The North
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll responds to reports that Catholics now outnumber Protestants in the North, calling it a historical milestone but arguing it will not by itself bring substantive change. He calls for a united Ireland built on socialist, working-class foundations.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Catholics outnumbering Protestants in Northern Ireland census figures Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA On The News That Catholics Outnumber Protestants In The North
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£2000 Pay Cut Will Be Catastrophic For Derry Workers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says a PwC report projecting an average £2000 income decline for workers across the North in 2022 is catastrophic for Derry households. He calls for trade union action and cost of living protests to force government action on prices and pay.
Economy and employment Issue: PwC report projecting £2000 average income decline in Northern Ireland Original release: £2000 Pay Cut Will Be Catastrophic For Derry Workers
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Who Is Charles?
People Before Profit criticises King Charles ahead of Belfast's celebrations, citing his £652 million estate, inheritance tax exemption, private jet travel, Balmoral and Sandringham environmental immunity, and past controversies, and says working-class people should refuse to eulogise him.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Who Is Charles?
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Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 1
People Before Profit reports on Royal Mail postal workers striking across Northern Ireland over a 2% imposed pay rise, drawing on interviews with CWU strikers at Belfast picket sites. It urges the public to support the next strike days and a rally.
Economy and employment Issue: Royal Mail strike over pay Original release: Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 1
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Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 2
People Before Profit reports on picket interviews at three Royal Mail sites in Belfast, with workers describing management bribe offers, agency staff use and a two-tier workforce. It urges public support for a city centre rally on 31 August and the strike days that follow.
Economy and employment Issue: Royal Mail strike over pay Original release: Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 2
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Support The Royal Mail Strikers
People Before Profit backs the Communication Workers Union strike at Royal Mail in the North, saying the 2% rise is a nominal cut against 12.3% inflation and urging an all‑Ireland push for wages that match inflation.
Economy and employment Issue: Royal Mail strike over pay Original release: Support The Royal Mail Strikers
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Interface Strike Wins 15.2%
People Before Profit reports on the Unite-led all-out strike at Interface in Craigavon, which it says won a 15.25% pay increase in early July, crediting a fighting union, community support and workplace organisation.
Economy and employment Issue: Interface Craigavon all-out strike 15.25% pay settlement Original release: Interface Strike Wins 15.2%
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Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.
West Belfast MLA Gerry Carroll calls on the Communities Minister and the NI Housing Executive to urgently commission a replacement women’s supported‑living hostel, saying the shutdown of Regina Coeli and unkept promises have left vulnerable women without safe accommodation.
Housing Disability and equality Issue: Regina Coeli women’s hostel shutdown and occupation Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.
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Reject Tory Pay Insult For Above Inflation Pay Rise
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the Tory party’s pay proposal is an insult to nurses and public‑sector staff, calling it a pay cut because it is below the 11.9% RPI inflation rate, and urges Stormont to back above‑inflation pay rises and industrial action.
Economy and employment Health Issue: Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann accepts Tory pay cut for HSC workers Original release: Reject Tory Pay Insult For Above Inflation Pay Rise
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Greedflation? Organise.
People Before Profit, citing a record number of UK billionaires and the idea of 'greedflation', urges workers to join trade unions, put in pay claims and form local Cost of Living campaign groups rather than accept the cost of living crisis.
Economy and employment Original release: Greedflation? Organise.
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People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the DUP is still propping up Boris Johnson and the Tories after backing the government in a 349 to 238 House of Commons confidence vote, accusing the DUP of inconsistency on workers and the cost of living.
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