Assembly members are grappling with their own budget concerns having received their monthly salary on Friday - minus £700. | Analysis by endamcclafferty
Instead, what we had were ministers making spending decisions based on what they felt would have been agreeable had an executive been in place.About £500m of that was directly linked to soaring energy costs of £200m and the rest was blamed on increased public service pay pressure.
The cuts are already starting to bite for the PSNI with savings of £80m to be made before the end of March and a warning from the chief constable of more pain to come as he prepares to shrink the service over the next three years.The cuts are already starting to bite for the PSNI with savings of £80m to be made before the end of Marchrecently warned of difficult decisions because of budget uncertainty.
In education, the authorities have been asked to identify 10% in cuts from the £2.4bn it is likely to get in the 2023/24 budget.The Education Authority has alreadyas it would require cutting frontline services. Instead, we can expect Mr Heaton-Harris to simply signal the big cuts which will be needed once an executive is restored.
But revenue raising measures like introducing water charges are being considered by the secretary of state to ease the financial burden.He is also due to set a regional rate within weeks with some speculating an increase of more than 10%.
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