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C&AG And Department Of Housing Evidence To PAC Confirms Financial Consequences Of Relying On HAPs, RAS And Leasing For Social Housing

C&AG And Department Of Housing Evidence To PAC Confirms Financial Consequences Of Relying On HAPs, RAS And Leasing For Social Housing

Only breaking reliance on market and introducing serious rent controls can end doom loop of unaffordable rents In a statement, Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD and spokesperson on

18 Feb 2022

Brandywell Stadium Upgrade Latest Casualty In Stormont’s Failure To Deliver For Derry And North West

Brandywell Stadium Upgrade Latest Casualty In Stormont’s Failure To Deliver For Derry And North West

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “We share the widespread disappointment that’s been voiced over the failure to move forward with the upgrade of the Ryan McBride Brandywell

17 Feb 2022

Houses Price Rise Creates A Locked Out Generation

Houses Price Rise Creates A Locked Out Generation

The news that house prices have risen by 14% last year is a damming indication of government failure. A generation of young people will be locked into a high rent

17 Feb 2022

TD Calls On Minister Coveney To Use UN Security Council Position To Urge Nato And EU To Desist In Ratcheting Up Of Tensions With Russia

TD Calls On Minister Coveney To Use UN Security Council Position To Urge Nato And EU To Desist In Ratcheting Up Of Tensions With Russia

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, to use Ireland’s position on the UN Security Council to urge NATO

17 Feb 2022

TD Urges Caution On Lifting Mask Wearing Requirements

TD Urges Caution On Lifting Mask Wearing Requirements

Mask wearing should remain in certain settings to protect workers and vulnerable People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy has urged the government to take a cautious approach on any proposal

17 Feb 2022

All Community Sector Workers Deserve A Real Cost Of Living Pay Increase

All Community Sector Workers Deserve A Real Cost Of Living Pay Increase

Workers across the Community and Voluntary sector have been tireless in their efforts to protect the vulnerable throughout the pandemic and deserve a real cost of living pay rise and

17 Feb 2022

McCann: A Clear Radical Alternative To The Old Orange/Green Set-Up

McCann: A Clear Radical Alternative To The Old Orange/Green Set-Up

Ahead of the People Before Profit Foyle Assembly Election 2022 launch Eamonn McCann said, “I am urging all my friends in Foyle to weigh in and get Shaun Harkin elected

17 Feb 2022

VAT Returns On Energy Bills Show Government Need To Do More On Energy Costs

VAT Returns On Energy Bills Show Government Need To Do More On Energy Costs

People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith TD has said figures supplied to her from the Department of Finance show how miserly the recently announced package of help for consumers struggling

17 Feb 2022

Solidarity With Magee UCU Strike. End Insecure Zero Hour Contracts.

Solidarity With Magee UCU Strike. End Insecure Zero Hour Contracts.

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “We’ve been proud to join lecturers and support staff on the Magee picket line throughout the first week of their 10-day strike.

17 Feb 2022