Rachel Reeves

The Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack. on March 11. (Photo by Handout / ROYAL THAI NAVY / AFP via Getty Images)

£17m for Executive to help low income families who use oil to heat homes

SDLP MLA Sinéad McLaughlin joined calls for an allocation of £81million to support electricity consumers in the North to be targeted at those most in need at an Economy Committee meeting in Derry this week.

Sinéad McLaughlin calls for £81m energy support to be targeted at those in need

Gregory Campbell addressing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Westminster on January 21.

Case of terminally ill woman’s struggle to secure pension raised with Starmer

Cash ISA

What the budget means for Cash ISA savers in Derry and across Northern Ireland

Ulster Unionist Party Councillor Richard Holmes of Causeway Coast and Glens Council.

Political opinion: Farm Tax changes 'a welcome step', says UUP's Holmes

Whatever her motivation Rachel Reeves made the right decision to scrap the unjust and socially harmful two-child benefit cap in her Budget on Wednesday.

Good riddance to unjust and socially harmful two-child cap

Karen Mullan of the Foyle Network Foundation.

Derry anti-poverty worker brands two-child benefit cap scrappage ‘huge victory’

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, (R) poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament, on November 26, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Stormont to be funded to end two-child limit, younger people to enjoy wage rise

Alex Sitaras said: "what we’re hearing already is a mix of frustration, confusion and, for some, real concern about making the wrong move."

Savings expert reveals how to protect your cash from Budget's changes

Dr Myles Patton, Principal Economist and Todd Gowdy, Assistant Economist, Ulster University Economic Policy Centre

Uncertainty casts shadow over growth, Ulster University Economic Policy Centre o...

Reinald de Monchy, Chief Banking Officer, British Business Bank

145 NI businesses benefit from British Business Bank's Growth Guarantee Scheme

People should not have to pay for health and social care services.

Political opinion: Workers Party Regional Spokesperson reacts to report from the...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Executive to get funding uplift as Reeves promises Winter Fuel Payments

Michael Strevens, Managing Director, Structured Financial Institutions, British Business Bank said:

British Business Bank reaches £5bn lending milestone

Gerard Greene

April 2025 £1million month-end hit will cripple Community Pharmacy

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

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Mark Morris

Hilary Benn addressing the media during a press conference at Ebrington Plaza on Thursday.

Benn rejects ‘turbo-charged Tory’ claims but acknowledges anxiety over cuts

(Photos: Getty Images/Alex Nelson)

Spring Statement: relief but unconvinced - I’m still reeling from cuts

Chancellor Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver her spring statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025 (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement: will it put more cash in your pocket?

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025 (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

8 takeaways from Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement - including welfare

Rachel Reeves

Stormont to get just £14m under Barnett formula

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Labour's disability cuts branded ‘disgraceful and sick’

Sinn Féin Vice-President Michelle O'Neill

O’Neill blasts ‘turbo-charged Tory’ moves as Reeves boosts defence, cuts welfare

Rights campaigner Tony O’Reilly addressing the Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) 'Welfare Not Warfare’ demonstration at the Guildhall on Wednesday.

Seven photos from Disabled People Against Cuts ‘Welfare Not Warfare’ protest

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Eastwood: Social security cuts will plunge hundreds of thousands into poverty

Volunteers unpack food donations

Disabled people shouldn’t bear the brunt of the challenges our country faces

Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament in October 2024 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Spring Statement 2025 - when it is and what Chancellor could announce
Changes could be on the way for welfare and public spending - but not everyone is on board 💷
Alex Nelson

Clockwise from top left: Shaun Harkin, Rory Farrell, Derek Hussey and Aisling Hutton.

£100 winter fuel payments yet to reach pensioners

(Photo: JONATHAN BRADY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Economy heading to 'worst of all worlds' with decline expected in 2025

People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin.

£100 Winter Fuel Payment mitigation 'just not good enough'

Derry pensioners no longer eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) are to receive a one-off fuel support payment of £100 between now and March.

Derry pensioners hit by Winter Fuel Payment cuts to get one-off £100

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey (C) attends the central bank's Monetary Policy Report press conference at the Bank of England on 7 November 2024 (Photo: Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Bank of England cuts interest rates again - what it means for you

Increase in number of UK businesses fleeing to Netherlands

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How the Autumn Budget affects pensions - from the triple lock to tax

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 30: Chancellor Rachel Reeves poses with the red box outside number 11 Downing Street on October 30, 2024 in London, England. This is the first Budget presented by the new Labour government and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Autumn Budget: What it means for workers, UC claimants, pensioners & businesses

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament on October 30, 2024 in London, England. This is the first Budget presented by the new Labour government and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Autumn Budget: £1.5bn extra for North, Causeway deal to proceed, £45.8m for PSNI

Gregory Campbell

Campbell asks Reeves if people earning £300 a week or less should pay income tax

On September 18 the UK Government and NI Executive Ministers gathered at The Guildhall in Derry on Wednesday to sign off on the financial package for the Derry and Strabane City Region City Deal, which will help unlock in excess of £290m.

Eastwood and Campbell press Benn on paused City Deals

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has confirmed the Winter Fuel Payment will be means-tested for the first time since it was introduced to help pensioners with their home-heating bills in 1997.

Lyons follows Rachel Reeves and introduces means-testing for Winter Fuel Payment

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Martin Lewis' alert as payments cut - pensioners can still get £1000s

Professor Green. Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

Going Green: Positive change is already happening

Kwasi Kwarteng has scrapped the top rate of income tax (Photo: PA)

The results of Kwasi Kwarteng’s first Autumn Mini-Budget.

The health secretary has blamed asymptomatic people getting tested for driving test shortages. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Asymptomatic people are putting a strain on the NHS by getting coronavirus tests...

It is believed that between 10 and 19 workers at the depot have tested positive (Photo: Shutterstock)

A Greggs factory has temporarily closed due to a coronavirus outbreak

The British government has admitted that there will have to be some checks on goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain that are likely to enter the European Union's single market.

It's official - there WILL be additional checks on goods moving between Northern...

Recall Whirlpool tumble dryers, say MPs

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