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The Housing Executive will be contacting its tenants over the next weeks about their annual rent charges, which will increase by 2.7% from 7th April. This equates to an increase of £2.16 on the average weekly rent and will bring the average rent for a Housing Executive home to £82.05 a week, excluding rates. Each tenant will […]
SDLP Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty has said that the Executive is failing people across the North by not bringing forward an anti-poverty strategy. He was speaking following a High Court case on the matter on Friday. Mr. McNulty said: “The Executive’s failure to bring forward or even prioritise an anti-poverty strategy sends a […]
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced a 20% increase in maximum student maintenance loans from academic year 2025/26. The increase will provide students with an estimated additional £50million per year to assist with living costs. The Minister said: “I am acutely aware of the difficulties that continue to be faced in the current cost-of-living crisis by […]
Sinn Féin Newry & Armagh MLA Liz Kimmins has called for greater transparency on the past failures in cervical screening in the Southern Trust. The party’s health spokesperson said: “The cervical screening failures have profoundly undermined public confidence, especially among the 17,500 women who tests were reviewed. Transparency, accountability, and restoring confidence are vital moving […]
Over 200 residents gathered at Killeavy Castle, Newry, and the Millbrook Lodge, Ballynahinch, for groundbreaking ‘Blue Monday’ events, aimed at addressing household finances, managing credit, and learning effective shopping and saving strategies. The 20 January events, organised by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council District Electoral Area (DEA) Fora, were funded through the UK Shared […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins welcomes the pay agreement between the Department of Health and the British Medical Association (BMA). The party’s health spokesperson said: “I warmly welcome the outcome of the pay negotiations. This will see a pay deal secured for resident doctors which is recognition of the invaluable work they do for their patients. […]
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has criticised a decision to delay the one-off £100 winter fuel payment for pensioner households until the end of March 2025. The MLA for Foyle commented: “It’s shameful that not one penny of support has been paid to pensioner households missing out on the Winter Fuel Payment this year. “Before Christmas […]
Following a recent visit to Daisy Hill hospital by Stormont’s Health Committee members, Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said the hospital is “critical to the delivery of health care to people right across the North”. The Chair of the Health Committee said, “It was a privilege to speak with staff working in Daisy Hill […]
Nicola Grant Workers Party representative has called on the Northern Ireland Insurance Ombudsman to take action on the insurance premiums companies are charging to their customers here . She says we have the highest premiums in the United Kingdom. Forcing many residents especially those on low incomes, old age pensions, state benefits, no other choice […]
Workers Party Representative Nicola Grant commented on the recent visit of the Assembly Health Committee to Daisy Hill Hospital. She said while such a visit is welcome, the outcome of the visit is what is paramount. Questions need to be asked and answered. Will the visit be another smiling photo opportunity ? Has the committee […]
The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has hosted a visit from the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Committee for Health. Committee members first visited Daisy Hill Hospital to meet with staff and learn more about services before holding their weekly Committee meeting in the Trust’s Monaghan Row Boardroom. In Daisy Hill Hospital, the MLAs saw how […]
Northern Ireland has the cheapest car insurance figures for young drivers across the UK. Despite this age group still suffering soaring premiums, Northern Ireland was recorded as cheapest across the 17-24, 25-34 and 35-44 age categories, according to the latest quarterly car insurance index figures. Research by car insurance comparison experts CompareNI, shows that in Northern Ireland, 17–24-year-olds […]
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