THE NORTH’S finance minister, Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy, has produced a draft budget which increases the healthcare allocation by 10% for three years and cuts all other departments by 2%. Health will receive £7bn each year. Sounds a lot for 1.8 million people, but it’s only up from £6.45bn. Murphy is trying to deal with… Read more »
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