Monthly Archives: November 2012

Jobless total drops for second month in a row

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85 jobs lost in a month in East Antrim

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Pupils ‘chill and spill’ at College

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Beggs comments on latest unemployment figures

Ulster Unionist Party MLA Roy Beggs Jnr has commented on the latest unemployment figures which have just been released. They show that over the latest twelve month period there were a total of 4,311 proposed redundancies, an increase of 86% from the previous year (2,315). Currently there are 1,839 outstanding redundancies (that is, proposed but not confirmed), which is 141% higher than this time last year (762). East Antrim MLA Mr Beggs said: “For the month of October, more people (85) were made redundant in East Antrim that in any other constituency in Northern Ireland. This is undoubtedly related to the job losses at FG Wilsons. http://www.detini.gov.uk/deti-stats-index/stats-surveys/stats-redundancies.htm It is a sobering thought that as bad as the current figures are, they are likely to get worse with the additional impact of Pattons going into administration and the knock on effect on local employees and subcontractors. Last week I met sub-contractors … Continue reading

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Anger over MLAs’ pay rise

Concerns have been raised over the value for money provided by our Assembly after it emerged some MLAs are not turning up for debates and important committee business. Despite costing tens of millions of pounds every year in salaries and expenses, an investigation by this newspaper has discovered scores of empty seats at Stormont. The debating chamber has been barely a third full at times while some MLAs are skipping more than half of committee meetings they are supposed to attend. One influential campaign group has questioned if we are getting value from our politicians, who are due an 11% wage hike next year. The TaxPayers’ Alliance branded some MLAs’ contributions at the Assembly as “half-hearted”. Stormont has also drawn criticism from its own members, with some branding it “bloated” and “wasteful”. TUV leader Jim Allister said the its current make-up was not providing good value. “If you measure the … Continue reading

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