Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he is setting a budget to bring public finances in Northern Ireland 'under control'.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he is setting a budget to bring public finances in Northern Ireland"under control".
"I have a clear message to the parties - if they disagree with my budget, they should restore the executive to consider and revise the departmental position I have set out."Difficult decisions are ahead, and I urge parties to come together and to provide the locally accountable leadership that the people of Northern Ireland deserve."The NI Secretary said action needed to be taken to protect public services in Northern Ireland.
"This is a failure of their responsibility to the public, typically those most in need, which worsens the impacts of the reductions that must now be delivered. "A future executive needs to get to grips with a sustainable approach to public sector pay alongside the work needed to transform public services."Northern Ireland ministers have long failed to demonstrate prudent fiscal management.
There needed to be"significant reductions" in planned spending in education to meet budget totals, he said. "This will affect funding for high-spend areas such as the Education Authority's block grant and the aggregated schools budget. He said:"This budget protects funding for the most vulnerable by protecting spending levels in the Department for Communities at current levels and ensuring programmes like the Discretionary Support Grant can continue.
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