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Carroll: DUP Will Pocket the Wage and Wreck the Work
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll responds to a DUP statement on its continued engagement in the Executive, saying the party will keep ministerial salaries while using the Petition of Concern to obstruct Assembly business. He cites the age of criminal responsibility, the Good Jobs Bill and…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: DUP Stormont brake request on MLA wages and ministerial cars Original release: Carroll: DUP Will Pocket the Wage and Wreck the Work
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Council Hardship Fund A Response To Westminster & Stormont Criminal Negligence
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says he is frustrated by a further delay to the Council Emergency Hardship Fund in Derry, with officers re-inviting bids for a Fuel Payment Partner to run it. He blames Westminster and Stormont for failing to tackle the cost of living crisis.
Social security and welfare Local government Issue: Council Emergency Hardship Fund roll-out delay Original release: Council Hardship Fund A Response To Westminster & Stormont Criminal Negligence
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After Truss: Why An Assembly Election? We Need A General Election To Get Rid Of The Tories!
People Before Profit says a general election is needed to get rid of the Tories, rather than an Assembly election in the North.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Liz Truss resignation Original release: After Truss: Why An Assembly Election? We Need A General Election To Get Rid Of The Tories!
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December Election: Tory Clowns Treating Us With Contempt
Cllr Shaun Harkin says Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris is treating people in Northern Ireland with contempt by threatening a December Stormont election that he says will bring no benefit amid the cost of living crisis. He calls for escalated protests and strikes instead.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Heaton-Harris threat of December Stormont election Original release: December Election: Tory Clowns Treating Us With Contempt
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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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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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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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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.
Economy and employment Issue: House of Commons confidence vote backing Johnson government July 2022 Original release: ??? ????? ???????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ???? ????????? ??????? ??? ?????????
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Boris Johnson Must Go
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll repeats his call for Boris Johnson to resign immediately as further Cabinet resignations emerge, describing his premiership as politically and morally bankrupt and criticising the Conservative government's record.
Economy and employment Issue: Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resignations from Johnson government Original release: Boris Johnson Must Go