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Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has said people cannot wait any longer for support with their heating bills as the cold winter begins to bite. Speaking after Firmus announced gas prices will go down from the beginning of January, the Newry and Armagh MP said: “After numerous hikes which have put prices through the roof, news […]
Northern Ireland’s largest supplier of natural gas, firmus energy, has today, Tuesday 6th December announced that it will be reducing its tariffs for customers in the Ten Towns Network area by 20.52% and by 17.60 % in the Greater Belfast Network area, from 01 January 2023. This will reduce the average cost by £8.831 per […]
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said an Executive must be formed now to ensure people get the £600 energy payment right away. The former finance minister was speaking ahead of an Assembly recall on Wednesday and called on the DUP to ‘end its boycott’ and form an Executive. Conor Murphy said: “It’s deeply concerning […]
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has slammed the British government’s ‘Shared Prosperity Fund’ and said it represents a huge cut to EU funding for local community groups. The former finance minister said the plan is significantly less than funding previously provided under the European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund. The Newry/Armagh MLA said: […]
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has challenged the British Secretary of State for clarity on when workers and families will receive the £400 energy support payment. Speaking after meeting Chris Heaton Harris in London today, Chris Hazzard said: “Today, we challenged the British Secretary of State over delays in getting the £400 energy support payment […]
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said hospital waiting lists will grow, companies will go out of business and jobs will be lost because of the DUP’s refusal to allow the Executive to set a budget. Responding to the budget set by the British Government, Conor Murphy said: “A three-year budget which I proposed to the […]
The NIPSA ballot for industrial action in Health has returned a 92.62% vote for strike action and 97.03% for action short of strike action. The NIPSA Health Panel, which represents all branches in Health & Social Care and Health Arm’s Length Bodies, has therefore authorised industrial action in early December including Strike Action and Action […]
Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson has said a restored and reformed Executive is urgently needed to provide political certainty and tackle the cost of doing business crisis. The Upper Bann MLA was speaking after hosting a roundtable with Banbridge Chamber of Commerce, local business leaders, and Alliance Party leader Naomi Long MLA. Mr Tennyson said, “Local […]
Speaking ahead of the Autumn Statement, Conor Murphy has urged the British Chancellor not to impose another wave of austerity measures. The former Finance Minister said: “A decade of Tory austerity and the Covid pandemic have left public services in crisis. “With Britain heading into recession a further bout of austerity would be devastating and […]
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy said today that workers and families in the north need energy and oil payments promised by the British government to be delivered urgently as we move deeper into winter. In a letter to the British Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, Grant Shapps, Conor Murphy said that […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said nurses should have fair pay and safe conditions and has told the British Chancellor to step up and support nurses. Speaking after RCN announced that they will begin strike action, the Newry and Armagh MLA said: “Nurses shouldn’t have been forced onto the streets to take strike action. […]
Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has called for a windfall tax to cut the eye-watering profits of energy corporations as BP announces its second highest quarterly profits on record. The Newry and Armagh MP said: “BP announced record breaking profits of over $8.2 billion (£7.1 billion) in just three months. “The company has also announced it […]
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