SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed an overdue report into Discretionary Support, a mechanism aimed at providing…
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Durkan calls for tailored scheme for older jobseekers
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan MLA has called on the Minister for Communities and the Minister for the…
Durkan welcomes upfront Childcare Costs for UC claimants
SDLP social justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed proposals to cover upfront childcare costs for Universal Credit claimants, helping…
Durkan: Unforgivable 1 in 4 Derry children living in poverty
SDLP social justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan said the growing levels of child poverty across the North are a damning…
Durkan: Renewing Capita PIP is ‘rewarding failure’
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has called for clarity from Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey regarding the renewal of…
Durkan welcomes belated launch of JobStart youth scheme
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed long overdue launch of the labour market intervention ‘JobStart’, a scheme…
Contaminated blood: Durkan welcomes payments to bereaved partners
SDLP social justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed annual payments of £33,500 for individuals who lost their spouse or…
Durkan celebrates 50th anniversary of Housing Executive
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has marked the 50th anniversary of the legislation that created the NI Housing…
Durkan: Derry needs more self-isolation support payments
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has again criticised Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey for her lackadaisical approach in tackling…
Durkan: Pensioners left without cold-weather crutch
SDLP social justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has decried the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as the saga around…