Water charges, drug prescription charges and higher tuition fees are just some of the costs we could be facing
Chris Heaton-Harris has denied that his instruction to senior civil servants at Stormont to provide information on revenue-raising measures is an attempt to pressure the DUP to re-enter Stormont.
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. Mr Heaton-Harris is currently in negotiations with the DUP in relation to the restoration of the power-sharing institutions and said he has “tonnes of patience”.
When asked about the impact of water and prescription charges on poorer households, Mr Heaton-Harris said the “opportunities and costs” of revenue-raising procedures will be evaluated. “I’ve been talking to businesses across Belfast who are now understanding the constraints of the water supply and the sewage issues that now are constraining development in the city,” he said.
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