SDLP Social Justice Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has criticised the failure by successive Communities Ministers to reviews the rate of…
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Energy price hikes: Support payments plan for North’s vulnerable
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has proposed a support scheme to help people in the North of Ireland who are struggling…
Durkan: Domiciliary care package a welcome first step
THE SDLP’s Mark H Durkan has welcomed a £23 million domiciliary care and wider social care funding package announced by…
Derry council urged to support families facing fuel poverty
DERRY City and Strabane District Council has acknowledged with alarm the rising energy costs setting up a winter of hardship…
Covid-19: Derry businesses facing ‘uncertain’ Christmas
BUSINESSES face an uncertain Christmas because the latest measures to curb Covid-19’s spread lack clarity, the Derry Chamber of Commerce…
Eastwood: Firm action needed now to protect lives and livelihoods
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has said that firm action is needed now to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed and businesses…
Coronavirus: Executive asks people to work from home if possible
STORMONT ministers have agreed a series of new measures aimed at bolstering adherence to Covid rules in Northern Ireland. Ministers…
‘Rip-off wages for young workers must end’
PEOPLE Before Profit’s Councillor Shaun Harkin has said that rip-off wages for young people must end. Said Cllr Harkin “If…
Eastwood calls on First Ministers to back vaccine certification
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has written to the First Ministers today urging Paul Givan and Michelle O’Neill to support the…
Farrell: Stormont’s anti-poverty strategy must include Derry
SDLP Councillor Rory Farrell has said that Stormont’s new anti-poverty strategy must include “targeted interventions” for Derry and Strabane. The…