Predicted ‘Extreme Poverty’ Increase Underscores Need For People Power Action To Challenge Criminal Stormont Inaction Cost Of Living

Predicted ‘Extreme Poverty’ Increase Underscores Need For People Power Action To Challenge Criminal Stormont Inaction

𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗦𝗥 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟲𝟳% 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 “𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆” 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 – 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝗽𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗲 People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “The 67% rise in ‘extreme poverty’ predicted for the North in the National Institute of Economic and Social Research report is alarming beyond

Policies

Housing Policy

Everyone in our society, regardless of income, requires a decent and secure place to live. Housing should be treated as a universal public service like health and education. Public housing is the most effective way to deliver decent secure homes, based on need.

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Housing Policy

A Manifesto for Disability Justice

This Manifesto for Disability Justice seeks to incorporate the demands of disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and parents of children with additional needs - which People Before Profit believes must be central to any programme for a Left Government.

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A Manifesto for Disability Justice

Mortgage Policy

Everyone in our society, regardless of income, requires a decent and secure place to live. Housing should be treated as a universal public service like health and education. Public housing is the most effective way to deliver decent secure homes, based on need.

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Mortgage Policy

Energy Policy

Re-nationalisation is the only way to address the climate and cost of living crisis and make the essential changes we need to our energy system. We need to develop a plan to reduce energy use, generate 100% of electricity from renewables and electrify everything. In order to do this, it

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Energy Policy

Childcare Policy

Quality childcare remains unaffordable and inaccessible for many families. Fees are among the highest in the EU with many parents still shelling out the equivalent of a second mortgage. Others are forced to work part-time or rely on the goodwill of grandparents...

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Childcare Policy

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