SDLP Derry councillor Brian Tierney has called on Sinn Féin Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey to urgently publish a fuel poverty…
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Stormont protest: Action on hardship before Christmas recess
A ‘hardship crisis’ emergency meeting of more than 60 anti-poverty campaigners, community organisations, students, trade unionists and political representatives from…
McLaughlin: Executive must act to help struggling families
THE SDLP’s Sinead McLaughlin has called on the Stormont Executive to help families across the North of Ireland who are…
‘Cost of living taskforce should receive £40m DfE underspend’
THE SDLP’s Sinéad McLaughlin has called for a £40m Department for the Economy (DfE) underspend to go to a cost…
Executive Office Committee backs SDLP cost of living taskforce call
THE Assembly’s Execuitve Office Committee has backed a call from the SDLP for the Joint First Ministers to establish a…
SDLP calls for Cost of Living Taskforce
THE SDLP’s Sinead McLaughlin has called on the First Ministers to urgently convene a new taskforce to coordinate an Executive-wide…
Ferguson: Electricity price hikes another blow to families
SINN Féin’s Ciara Ferguson has said news that Budget Energey is to increase its prices by 29 per cent and…
Harkin: Failure to restore Universal Credit £20 uplift ‘shameful’
PEOPLE Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin has branded the decision not to restore the £20 Universal Credit uplift as “shameful”.…
Eastwood: Tory budget ignores cost of living crisis
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has said the latest Tory budget has ignored the cost of living crisis engulfing the North…
Durkan: Much more needed over childcare costs provision
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed the introduction of upfront childcare costs for Universal Credit claimants and…