public services
Regulations on minimum service levels during strikes come into force
Regulations will enable employers to reduce the impact of industrial action, say ministers.
Public services face ‘doom loop’ on current plans, think tank warns
Britain’s crumbling public services could deteriorate further if current spending plans are followed, the Institute for Government said.
TUC leader accuses Tories of rewarding wealth not work
Paul Nowak has called for a national conversation about taxing wealth and windfalls to ‘fix broken Britain’.
Taking budget to the wire creates 'deep levels of uncertainty' warns economist Andrew Webb
DELAYS setting Stormont's budget for next year is creating "deep levels of uncertainty" and affecting people's mental health, a leading economist has warned.
Editorial: DUP's Stormont protocol boycott harming public services - and it's going to get worse
EVEN before the DUP began its ill-judged retreat from its responsibilities at Stormont, our public services were in a poor state.
Think tank report warns Stormomt limbo will see already-strained public services deteriorate further
THE 'NORTH'S already-strained public services are forecast to decay further with no ministers in place to take strategic decisions, a think tank's latest report warns.
Andrew Webb: Can we afford better public services?
AS I look back on 2022, it is hard to imagine just how much the economic landscape has changed in 12 months.
ICTU general secretary Owen Reidy: 'There probably isn't a single public servant in Northern Ireland that isn't considering industrial action'
A SENIOR trade unionist has warned that an escalation of industrial unrest is "inevitable" in the new year with Stormont departments' proposed pay settlements expected to fall well short of soaring inflation levels.
Budget 'leaves public services under pressure' says Murphy
RISHI Sunak's spending review “creates significant challenges for public services here” according to Stormont finance minister Conor Murphy.
New public services report could achieve 'considerable savings' for NI economy - former Civil Service head
THE former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service has said a new report examining the future of the north's public services has the potential to save the economy "considerable sums of money".