FERMANAGH’S MLAs have had their salaries cut by a whopping £14,000. The move was made by the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, following the continued failure of MLAs to elect a speaker for the Assembly at Stormont and to form an Executive government. This deduction of earnings by 27.5 per cent means that […]
MLAs making some nice cash on the side
By John Carney NEW FIGURES have revealed the business interests of MLAs recently elected to the Stormont Assembly and many are getting some handy extra cash on top of their £51,500 salaries. All 90 members are required to declare information on a register of interests of any financial interest that “might reasonably be thought by others to […]
Patients’ plight and access problems raised at Stormont
The case of a 93-year-old woman who couldn’t get through to her GP in Lisnaskea was rasied at the briefing.
‘Out-of-work’ MLAs ‘can’t justify travel expenses’
FERMANAGH’S MLAs must show exactly what they are doing to help the county and exactly what value local people are getting for the money they are paying them. That’s the view of former Stormont official and local debt advisor Kevin Lawrenson, who said people had been outraged by news the five Fermanagh South Tyrone MLAs […]
Our out-of-work MLAs claim £300k expenses
While this week SWAH announced bed closures, our politicians are getting thousands in expenses and insist they are providing a ‘first class service’
Crime and money top list of worries for pensioners
At last Friday’s Pensioners Parliament, held at the Westville Hotel, the crowd of just under 100 were surveyed on the issues that most concerned them.
Fermanagh’s MLAs expenses bill hits £178K
The constituency’s largest expense bill came from the DUP’s Maurice Morrow at £43,698.31.
Suspended McElduff splits opinion among politicians
Barry McElduff has been suspended from Sinn Fein for three months after his Kingsmill Tweet at the weekend.
MLAs face a salary review as budget set
Secretary of State James Brokenshire has commissioned an independent review into whether MLAs should still receive their full salaries.