Bill to set budget for Stormont departments to be rushed through the House of Commons amid warning of significant cuts
It is expected that he will hold his first in-person talks withThe Stormont executive had not agreed a budget when the DUP withdrew from the first minister's role last February.It is a trading arrangement that allows goods to be transported across the Irish land border without the need for checks.he would make in the budget but said the Department of Education would need to make significant cuts to its "current spending trajectory".
"Yet as Treasury has confirmed, the Trader Support Service, which helps companies deal with Northern Ireland Protocol-generated paperwork, has cost the taxpayer £318.7m in just over two years," he said. Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood described the budget being set by Westminster as "more of the same".
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