Statements similar to “Hanna: UK Budget Underlines Failure of Executive to Do Its Job”
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Swann responds to Budget
UUP MP Robin Swann welcomes £7.5 million for cyber and AI research in Belfast and £1 million for a Northern Ireland Investment Summit, but says the Budget's £270 million Barnett consequentials are spread over four years and fall short. He calls for clarity on allocation this financial year and…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Budget announcement Original release: Swann responds to Budget
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UK Budget taking place without NI Budget is a shameful indictment, says Eastwood
Alliance Party MLA Eastwood says the UK Budget taking place without a Northern Ireland Budget is a shameful indictment, warning public services are on the brink. He calls for a budget with practical measures to make life more affordable and tackle the cost of doing business.
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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North Down Councillors blast DUP and UUP over climate hypocracy
Green Party Northern Ireland condemns the DUP and UUP for backing the Ards & North Down Council Climate Action Plan while demanding a review of legally‑binding climate targets, calling the move a dangerous contradiction that delays science‑based action and harms communities.
Environment and climate Local government Issue: Drumcree Parades Commission ruling Original release: North Down Councillors blast DUP and UUP over climate hypocracy
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Hunger figures must be a wake-up call for Communities Minister, says Mulholland
Alliance MLA Mulholland says new figures showing more than one in five people in Northern Ireland ran out of food and could not afford more in the last year should be a wake-up call for the Communities Minister. He calls for a funded, ambitious Anti-Poverty Strategy with deadlines and measurable…
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Stormont poverty statistics release Original release: Hunger figures must be a wake-up call for Communities Minister, says Mulholland
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Northern Ireland left behind as plug-in solar launches in Britain
Green Party Councillor Anthony Flynn criticises the lack of plug-in solar in Northern Ireland as Great Britain's rules allowing up to 800W systems take effect, and calls on Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald to explain the delay and set out a timetable.
Economy and employment Environment and climate Issue: plug-in solar launch in Great Britain Original release: Northern Ireland left behind as plug-in solar launches in Britain
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Armstrong: Labour’s red hand strikes farmers again
Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader Diana Armstrong criticises Labour's Family Farm Tax and red diesel changes. She says these policies are causing stress and financial difficulties for farmers.
Agriculture and rural affairs Public finance and taxation Issue: Labour's Family Farm Tax implementation and red diesel duty changes Original release: Armstrong: Labour’s red hand strikes farmers again
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The Department for the Economy has failed Ulster University’s staff
The party criticises the Department for the Economy's handling of Ulster University's funding, putting 450 jobs at risk. The party Leader, Mal O'Hara, calls for Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald to explain her plan for higher education in Northern Ireland.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Ulster University job cuts announcement Original release: The Department for the Economy has failed Ulster University’s staff
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Cllr Flynn calls on Stormont ministers to ringfence Transport funding
Green Party Cllr Flynn calls on Stormont ministers to ringfence possible extra Barnett consequentials of £10-15m for public transport, arguing it should fund buses and Translink services as Translink consults on cuts and fare rises.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Stormont Barnett consequentials announcement Original release: Cllr Flynn calls on Stormont ministers to ringfence Transport funding
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2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
People Before Profit's end-of-year statement argues that capitalism cannot solve inflation, climate change, reproductive rights, the war in Ukraine or Ireland's housing and hospital crises, and calls for Ireland's first left wing government.
Economy and employment International affairs Original release: 2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
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DUP putting cynical party politics ahead of people’s livelihoods, says Tennyson
Alliance leader Naomi Long's party colleague Tennyson accuses the DUP of blocking Executive participation in a UK-wide Economic Forum, saying it puts party interest ahead of the public and risks livelihoods while there is no agreed budget.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Original release: DUP putting cynical party politics ahead of people’s livelihoods, says Tennyson
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Green Party Cllr Kendall Again Condemns Executive Over Continued Delay of Safe Leave
Green Party Councillor Lauren Kendall says the Executive and Economy Minister are failing to implement Safe Leave, paid leave for domestic abuse victims, and calls for it to be delivered now. She links this to the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy and Women's Aid NI 2024/25 figures.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Safe Leave legislation delay and inaction Original release: Green Party Cllr Kendall Again Condemns Executive Over Continued Delay of Safe Leave
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Kearney calls for urgent action to remove barriers facing cross-border workers
Sinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney calls for urgent action to remove administrative and legal obstacles facing more than 18,000 cross‑border workers, urging the UK Prime Minister and Taoiseach’s earlier commitment to be progressed and deeper all‑island economic integration to be pursued.
Economy and employment Constitutional affairs Issue: British Prime Minister and Taoiseach commitment on cross-border employment issues Original release: Kearney calls for urgent action to remove barriers facing cross-border workersArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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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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Carroll: Take To The Streets To Oppose Tory Budget
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll urges communities to prepare to resist public spending cuts and tax rises announced in the autumn budget, which he says total £30bn. He also calls on people to join a Belfast march on the cost-of-living crisis.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: Carroll: Take To The Streets To Oppose Tory Budget
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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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Action Needed On Cost Of Living Crisis To Protect Women And Girls
People Before Profit Councillor Maeve O’Neill says the cost‑of‑living crisis deepens structural inequalities for women and calls for action, including investment in domestic‑violence services, education on consent and reforms to benefits, childcare and reproductive rights, as Derry and Strabane Coun
Justice and policing Economy and employment Issue: Derry and Strabane Council gender‑based violence meeting Original release: Action Needed On Cost Of Living Crisis To Protect Women And Girls
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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.
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll calls for urgent regulation and capping of energy prices amid the cost of living crisis, urging the Economy and Communities Ministers to strengthen the Utility Regulator's powers and provide financial support to households.
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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DFC Minister Can Act And Should Act On Punitive Debt Deductions
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin calls on the DfC Minister to suspend punitive debt deductions from Universal Credit and other benefits, citing a unanimous Derry and Strabane District Council motion and DfC correspondence showing no plans to act.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Derry and Strabane Council motion on suspending benefit debt deductions Original release: DFC Minister Can Act And Should Act On Punitive Debt Deductions
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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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Fine Gael proposals on Irish unity a welcome step forward – Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD welcomes Fine Gael's Irish unity proposals announced at its Ard Fheis, says they deserve serious consideration and calls on Tánaiste Simon Harris to engage with the Opposition, Northern parties and civic society. She also urges a Green Paper on reunification.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Fine Gael Irish reunification proposals announcement at Ard Fheis Original release: Fine Gael proposals on Irish unity a welcome step forward – Mary Lou McDonaldArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Assembly election an opportunity to break the cycle of crises, says Tennyson, following re-selection
Alliance MLA Tennyson says the upcoming Assembly election offers voters a chance to demand better from Stormont and break the cycle of political crises, urging a shift away from deadlock, division and budget failures.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Stormont deadlock and public services disarray Original release: Assembly election an opportunity to break the cycle of crises, says Tennyson, following re-selection
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Housing Executive Surplus Can Fund Workers’ Pay Rise – Gerry Carroll MLA
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says the Housing Executive’s £300 million surplus should be used to fund a proper pay rise for striking maintenance workers, urging urgent intervention and accountability for the unspent cash.
Housing Economy and employment Issue: Housing Executive £300m surplus Original release: Housing Executive Surplus Can Fund Workers’ Pay Rise – Gerry Carroll MLA
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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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Whitehall asleep as EU parcel tax and AI rules hit Northern Ireland
UUP spokesperson Dr Steve Aiken OBE MLA welcomes the proposed UK-EU SPS agreement but says it does not cover customs or tariffs. He criticises Whitehall's handling of the Union Customs Code parcel handling fee and EU AI Act provisions in Northern Ireland, and calls for the Stormont Brake to be used.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU handling fees on Northern Ireland parcels Original release: Whitehall asleep as EU parcel tax and AI rules hit Northern IrelandArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Sinn Féin will oppose any attempt to place British state forces beyond reach of accountability – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane says the British government must drop proposals to give the British Attorney General final authority over conflict‑related prosecutions, arguing it would undermine the independent prosecution service established after the Good Friday Agreement and place state forces beyond
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: British government proposals to give Attorney General final say on conflict-related prosecutions Original release: Sinn Féin will oppose any attempt to place British state forces beyond reach of accountability – Finucane
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Unionist Leaders and Inter-Trade UK Business Association urge the Secretary of State to stop EU Regulation 2026/2108 deepening the Irish Sea customs border
UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA, TUV leader Jim Allister KC MP and ITUKBA chair Peter Summerton call on the Secretary of State to apply the Stormont Brake and halt EU Regulation 2026/2108, saying it deepens the Irish Sea customs border, adds bureaucracy and harms GB‑NI trade.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Stormont brake request on EU goods regulations Original release: Unionist Leaders and Inter-Trade UK Business Association urge the Secretary of State to stop EU Regulation 2026/2108 deepening the Irish Sea customs borderArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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You cannot champion the Union by leaving Northern Ireland's chair empty
Ul Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows says the DUP's choice to exclude Northern Ireland from tomorrow's Glasgow Economic Forum harms NI's economy and the Union, urging another executive minister— such as Health Minister Robbie Butler—to attend instead.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: DUP's decision to exclude Northern Ireland from Economic Forum in Glasgow Original release: You cannot champion the Union by leaving Northern Ireland's chair empty
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Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
People Before Profit says the Thursday Public Sector Strike was the largest and best-coordinated since at least 2015, and calls for workers to strike again for longer, with unions and communities preparing sustained action.
Economy and employment Education Original release: Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
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Pulling Stormont Brake is another DUP stunt, says Tennyson
Alliance leader Naomi Long's party colleague Tennyson, identified in the release as Alliance's representative, calls the DUP's push to pull the Stormont brake a cynical, self-defeating stunt ahead of a UK-EU summit. He says it undermines progress on an SPS agreement and business confidence.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Stormont brake request on EU goods regulations Original release: Pulling Stormont Brake is another DUP stunt, says TennysonArchived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Green councillor Anthony Flynn pledges clean water and better transport in North Down Assembly bid
Green Party NI councillor Anthony Flynn announces his candidacy for North Down in the 2027 Assembly election, pledging to protect the coastline and water quality, improve public transport and town‑centre businesses, secure affordable homes, cut health‑care waiting lists, strengthen animal‑welfare en
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Original release: Green councillor Anthony Flynn pledges clean water and better transport in North Down Assembly bid