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Benn defends Labour benefit cuts: Northern Ireland secretary of state says 'unsustainable' system needs reform
Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has defended the government’s looming benefit cuts, stating reforms to the welfare ...
Labour plans will only plunge more children into poverty - The Irish News view
The Labour Chancellor confirmed cuts of around £5bn to benefits payments, going further even than plans announced to ...
Derry Journal on MSN11hOpinion
Disability cuts a cold but clear reminder Britain has little to offer the north of Ireland
Let’s face it, the Labour Party has becoming increasingly removed from its base and its origin, with little to distinguish ...
‘Absolute fear’: UK’s planned benefit cuts alarm vulnerable people in Northern Ireland
Labour’s proposed ‘shake-up’ of the welfare system raises the prospect of people with disabilities losing supports for their ...
Public services in Northern Ireland ‘relegated to bottom of the pile’ says finance minister
And closer to home, Stormont finance minister John O’Dowd claimed public services in the north “have been put to the bottom ...
BBC on MSN8d
Labour group leader resigns from party over cuts
A Labour spokeswoman said the party inherited a broken welfare system from the ... Sinead Quinn says the UK government's ...
Stormont plan 'a message of ambition' - Little-Pengelly
The programme for government includes a target of treating an extra 70,000 patients to reduce hospital waiting lists.
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Labour ‘failed to recognise impact’ of tax measures on farming – UUP
The new Labour government at Westminster has failed to recognise the impact of its new tax measures on production agriculture ...
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BC hosts conference on the U.S. and Ireland, North and South
A “Practitioners Perspective” talk at 1:45 p.m. will bring together former Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Mark Durkan; ex-Democratic Unionist Party Director of Policy Lee Reynolds, who was ...