Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has long argued that additional revenue-raising measures are required to balance the books
Stormont civil servants have been ordered by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris to launch public consultations on revenue-raising measures for the region.
They have estimated that Stormont departments need hundreds of millions of pounds in extra funding to maintain public services at their current level this year, which hundreds of millions more are needed to settle a series of public sector pay disputes in the region. He said: "In order to improve the sustainability of public finances, generating revenue is not merely an option but a critical necessity.
"Conducting these consultations will enable Northern Ireland departments to identify ways to improve the sustainability of public services and public finances, paving the way for long awaited improvement and transformation of these services that we all rely on and want to protect.
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