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UK economic policies likely to cause many more deaths than Covid – academic

The UK Government’s economic policies are “likely” to have caused a “great many more deaths” than the Covid-19 pandemic, an academic has claimed. Researchers said their “not only shocking but shameful” statistics showed that almost 335,000 more ...

05 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Ireland

Leo Varadkar: Restoring the wages of high earners is not a pay rise

The restoration of pre-austerity wages for Ireland’s highest paid public servants should not be misrepresented as a pay rise, the Tanaiste has insisted. Leo Varadkar said those characterising the move as a salary increase for the richest in ...

23 Jun 2022 at 15:03

County Derry Post

Vital County Derry bus services facing cuts get two month lifeline

County Derry's community bus services face an uncertain future as the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) says it has 'extremely difficult decisions' to make about cuts. Dial-a-lift services carry out around 200,000 journeys a year but may ...

04 Apr 2023 at 17:33

DerryNow

'How are a family on two minimum wages getting by? They're not'

County Derry mum says high childcare costs are leaving young families on low incomes unable to get by. Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, from Magherafelt, is a lecturer at Ulster University and mother to Finian (3) and Bronwen (1). Ciara says her ...

14 Mar 2023 at 17:33

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Campaign against closing Causeway Hospital services seeking legal advice amid 'massive anger'

A strongly attended public meeting took place to discuss the closing of the Causeway Maternity Unit and agreed to seek legal advice about taking action against the Civil Service. In Kilrea last Tuesday, 11 April, people gathered to ...

14 Apr 2023 at 13:33

DerryNow

“We cannot stand by and watch as our education system is ripped apart”

County Derry pupils will no longer be able to take part in cycling classes as the Department for Infrastructure makes more cuts. The cycling proficiency scheme has been running for more than 50 years and has trained almost half a ...

28 Mar 2023 at 18:33

DerryNow

'Little correspondence' leaves Causeway Hospital staff 'extremely anxious' about jobs as cuts loom

Causeway Hospital staff are 'extremely anxious' about their jobs as services are ‘likely’ to close before June. Staff have been advised that the Causeway Hospital birth services will be cut before the summer holidays begin. ...

21 Apr 2023 at 18:33

Councils warn of drastic cuts amid fears over authorities going bust

Councils have warned that neighbourhood services will have to be cut despite a Government bailout, with fears that more authorities will go bust over the coming years. If further funding is not made available in the Budget ...

28 Feb 2024 at 11:36

Calls for emergency funds to protect vulnerable children support

The Chancellor has been urged to provide emergency funding to protect crucial services after it emerged the share of council budgets spent on protecting vulnerable children has ballooned, with allocations in some of the ...

20 Nov 2023 at 10:54

Chancellor’s tax cuts to be paid for with public service austerity, says IFS

The Chancellor’s “substantial tax cuts” for workers and businesses in the autumn statement are set to be “paid for by planned real cuts in public service spending”, according to a think tank. The Institute for Fiscal ...

23 Nov 2023 at 13:32

Cabinet minister rejects suggestion UK could be facing new era of austerity

A senior Conservative minister has rejected suggestions that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning to engage in a George Osborne-style austerity drive. Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, told ITV’s Good ...

24 Nov 2023 at 10:31

World

US author and film-maker Paul Auster dies aged 77

Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and film-maker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as The New York Trilogy and 4 3 2 1, has died at the age of 77. His death was ...

01 May 2024 at 12:34

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