Stormont ability to mitigate Budget decisions ‘very restricted’, O’Dowd says

Stormont ability to mitigate Budget decisions ‘very restricted’, O’Dowd says

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her autumn Budget on Wednesday. The Stormont Executive’s ability to mitigate against “detrimental” decisions made by the Chancellor in the Budget is “very restricted”, John O’Dowd has told MLAs. The Finance Minister urged Rachel Reeves to use the autumn Budget to invest in public services. Ms Reeves will lay out her spending plans in the Commons on Wednesday. During question time at the Northern Ireland Asse…

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