The budget could have been worse, but is still likely to mean deteriorating public services. Analysis from jp_biz
This budget could have been worse. But make no mistake, it is still likely to mean deteriorating public services for NI citizens.allowing last year's £300m overspend to be repaid over two yearsThe repayments will be drawn from any new money sent from Westminster later this year rather than being immediately chopped from departmental funds.
There is an expectation that the UK government will eventually provide extra money to settle public-sector pay disputes in England.But that raises the prospect that the senior officials will then have to tell their workforces that they will not get a pay deal to match England because the overspend comes first.And even with that concession on the overspend, the departmental spending totals still look grim.
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