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Action Needed On Cost Of Living Crisis To Protect Women And Girls
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Matching passage: …In addressing gender-based violence we must look at the structural violence of the state impacting women such as Universal Credit, the two-child benefit cap, the costs of childcare and the…
Justice and policing Economy and employment Original release: Action Needed On Cost Of Living Crisis To Protect Women And Girls
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Families Struggling To Cope With Private Care Home Top-Up Fees
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Matching passage: People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “Rising costs are having immense ramifications for people right across our communities. Paying “third party top-up fees” to private care homes is becoming an…
Health Local government Original release: Families Struggling To Cope With Private Care Home Top-Up Fees
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Pay Deal Does Not Add Up
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Matching passage: …Now they are struggling with inadequately resourced services and crushing housing costs. Rents went up on average by over 6% last year while mortgage interest repayments went up by 37%. These workers…
Economy and employment Original release: Pay Deal Does Not Add Up
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Time For Above-Inflation Pay Rises For All Care Workers
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Matching passage: …above 3,500 miles is paltry and won’t significantly help workers struggling with rising costs. “Every time a domiciliary care worker or district nurse gets in their car to carry-out…
Economy and employment Health Original release: Time For Above-Inflation Pay Rises For All Care Workers
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McDaid slams ‘wear more clothes’ advice in schools
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Matching passage: SDLP Ballyarnett Councillor Catherine McDaid has slammed advice that children should “wear more clothes” in schools due to high energy costs. She was speaking at a meeting of Derry City and Strabane…
Education Local government Original release: McDaid slams ‘wear more clothes’ advice in schools
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Swann responds to Budget
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Matching passage: …Treasury must recognise that Northern Ireland requires a realistic funding settlement that reflects the actual costs of our public services, rather than sticking plasters that leave our local institutions struggling to deliver.”
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Budget announcement Original release: Swann responds to Budget
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Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past
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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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Armstrong: Farm fire costs rose four times faster here than across the UK
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Ulster Unionist MLA Diana Armstrong calls for investment in rural fire services after farm fire costs rose 73% in Northern Ireland.
Agriculture and rural affairs Economy and employment Issue: NFU Mutual's Farm Fires Report 2025 statistics release Original release: Armstrong: Farm fire costs rose four times faster here than across the UKArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Eastwood backs home carers amid rising pressures
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Matching passage: …Stormont must recognise the contribution these workers make, deliver the promised real living wage and put proper support in place to help carers meet rising fuel costs. We cannot continue to take…
Economy and employment Health Issue: Stormont brake request on EU goods regulations Original release: Eastwood backs home carers amid rising pressures
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Hanna: UK Budget Underlines Failure of Executive to Do Its Job
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Matching passage: SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP has said any support announced by the Chancellor for NI households struggling with rising costs is welcome, but warned that Northern Ireland will remain trapped in a…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Budget announcement Original release: Hanna: UK Budget Underlines Failure of Executive to Do Its JobArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Department For Communities Needs To Increase Core Funding For Advice Provisio
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Matching passage: …The scale of the year-on-year funding cut is much greater this year because of rising costs and it’s putting further pressure on already overstretched providers to maintain services. Given…
Public finance and taxation Local government Original release: Department For Communities Needs To Increase Core Funding For Advice Provisio
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£2000 Pay Cut Will Be Catastrophic For Derry Workers
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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 Original release: £2000 Pay Cut Will Be Catastrophic For Derry Workers
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John Blair selected as Alliance South Antrim Assembly candidate
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Matching passage: Guaranteeing better facilities for rural communities, alleviating the pressure of sky-high living costs on hard-working families, championing animal welfare and protecting our environment are among his key priorities. Speaking about…
Economy and employment Health Original release: John Blair selected as Alliance South Antrim Assembly candidate
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People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll Has Called For Urgent Action To Regulate Energy Prices In The Face Of The Rising Cost Of Living Crisis.
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Matching passage: …In contrast, working class people are being forced to bear the brunt of crippling costs, while wages and benefit support does not nearly match rising inflation. My constituency office hears regularly from…
Economy and employment Original release: People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll Has Called For Urgent Action To Regulate Energy Prices In The Face Of The Rising Cost Of Living Crisis.
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Council Unanimously Backs BT And Royal Mail Workers Pay Demands
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Matching passage: …None of this is true. “Multiple reports, including an investigation by UNITE, have demonstrated how corporate profiteering is at the centre of driving rising costs. “Major corporations are making record profits and…
Economy and employment Local government Original release: Council Unanimously Backs BT And Royal Mail Workers Pay Demands
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Derry Workers Back Defiant Rail Strikers Against Tory Bullies
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Matching passage: …A new study by Unite the Union demonstrates that corporate profiteering is primarily responsible for driving up costs. Billionaires and the super-rich have dramatically increased their wealth while workers pay continues…
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Original release: Derry Workers Back Defiant Rail Strikers Against Tory Bullies
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Hanna: Budget must deliver support now and invest in Northern Ireland's future
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Matching passage: SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP has called on the Chancellor to use the forthcoming Budget to provide targeted support for families facing rising living costs while committing to the long-term investment…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Stormont budget request for household support and infrastructure investment Original release: Hanna: Budget must deliver support now and invest in Northern Ireland's futureArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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UK Budget taking place without NI Budget is a shameful indictment, says Eastwood
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Matching passage: …Increasing costs are pricing people out of a good quality of life and they are crying out for hope. We need to see a budget of ambition and practical solutions that provide…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: UK Budget without NI Budget Original release: UK Budget taking place without NI Budget is a shameful indictment, says Eastwood
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Council Needs To Challenge Royal Mail & BT Group Pay Hypocrisy
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Matching passage: …Corporate profiteering is a central driver of rising costs, not workers’ wages. In the face of government failure to rein in prices and profits, workers in the private, public and community sectors…
Economy and employment Local government Original release: Council Needs To Challenge Royal Mail & BT Group Pay Hypocrisy
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ICTU Stormont March Puts Corporate & Political Establishment On Notice
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Matching passage: …People Before Profit will be working to develop grassroots campaign and strike solidarity networks to defend working class communities in the face of relentless hardship costs. With Stormont down, and ineffective when…
Economy and employment Original release: ICTU Stormont March Puts Corporate & Political Establishment On Notice