The Stormont parties are due to hold talks with the head of the civil service, Jayne Brady, on Thursday.
Jayne Brady said budget pressures in Northern Ireland had been compounded by a "governance gap"
The Stormont parties are expected to hold talks with the head of the civil service, Jayne Brady, on Thursday.set out options for raising more public revenue in Northern IrelandChris Heaton-Harris had to set a budget for this financial year as there is no functioning government at Stormont. In a letter to permanent secretaries, he said Stormont's future finances needed to be put on a "surer footing".Last month, Ms Brady said budget pressures had been compounded by aand it was revealed that the Stormont parties believed they would need at least £1bn of extra funding to manage budget pressures in a future executive.
Mr Heaton-Harris has previously raised the prospect of introducing revenue-raising measures like water charges and prescription charges, but has, so far, held back from implementing them.The price of travelling by public transport in Northern Ireland could rise The government has also asked civil servants to provide advice and figures on potential revenue generated by other measures including:
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