Cut Jobs, Increase Rates and Bring in Water Charges Suggests Treasury Review

The crisis in Northern Ireland’s public service seems to regularly top the local news here in one form or another, usually when one of those services experiences a failure that brings them into the media glare for a time. One of the primary drivers of the crisis is the lack of funding provided by Stormont (a recent slugger post covered that Stormont’s tax intake is the lowest in the developed world). However, a Treasury review conducted after the Executive overspent ... Read more...