Today’s papers report the SDLP’s verdict on the Executive’s performance to date. The party has also claimed the black hole in Northern Ireland’s budget will grow to more than £2bn by 2011 (details below the fold).
This from the Bel Tel:
The ‘report card’ from the party, whose sole representative on the Executive is Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie, is severely critical of the level of achievement and performance — and makes unfavourable comparisons to the last power-sharing regime which they headed with Ulster Unionists.
Additional pressures on the budget over the next two years:
£ million £ million £ million
2009/10 2010/11 2 year total
Public Expenditure Developments
Deferral of water charges* -400 -400 -800
Treasury fine for deferral of water charges* 0 -200 -200
Freeze on regional rates† -40 -40 -80
Housing Executive house and land sales -100 -100 -200
Non-sale of Crossnacreevy -200 0 -200
Civil Service equal pay claims -200 -80 -280
Capital Asset Realisation Taskforce income -£200 – -200
2009 Treasury budget implications
Efficiency savings required by Chancellor 0 -123 -123
TOTAL SHORTFALL -1140 -943 -2083
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