BY TIARNÁN Ó MUILLEOIR t.omuilleoir@belfastmediagroup.com A NEW report claims that West Belfast would be the area most impacted by the public sector redundancy scheme agreed as part of the Stormont House talks. The report, carried out by the centre-left Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), analysed the geographic spread of public sector employment in the North, […]
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Carroll vows to take on ‘austerity parties’
BY TIARNÁN Ó MUILLEOIR t.omuilleoir@belfastmediagroup.com PEOPLE Before Profit Councillor Gerry Carroll has announced he is to run in the upcoming Westminster election in West Belfast. The local representative for the Blackmountain Ward says he aims to “offer an alternative to the parties of austerity”. “All the main parties are in agreement that austerity has […]
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Campaigner warn cuts to services in South Belfast will “wreak havoc” on communities
Naomi Connor is an organiser with NIPSA and head of a campaign in the South of the city organised by the Belfast Trades Union Council that aims to raise public awareness of the threat to funding for services including hospitals, schools, transport, community projects, as well as proposed cuts to benefits. The campaign is […]
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