People are wise to SF sniping at Margaret Ritchie and see it for what it is - pathetic party politics at its worst.
“Margaret Ritchie is squeezing every brick out of her totally inadequate budget. Because of the collapse in the housing market and the standstill in Housing Executive property sales, Margaret Ritchie has £80 million less this year than planned, and £100 million less than was expected for each of the next two years.
“Because of this, the Minister can not do everything that she had planned to do pre-recession. In response to the new situation, has prioritised new build houses and directed that new homes should be built on land already owned by the Housing Executive. There will be 1750 housing starts across the north over the next year, the highest number for many years. She is doing this so that we can get as many houses built as possible for the available money – to get families our of homeless accommodation and get builders back into work. Other priorities are warm homes and tackling fuel poverty.
“It is really pathetic to hear the constant party political sniping from epresentatives from Sinn Fein. Every week they have another go at the only SDLP Minister. They should remember – they and their DUP partners set the budget before the recession, and they have refused to change the budget since the recession. The people know who is doing the work and who is making good decisions. The people can see the total incompetence of the two main parties. It is clear on the doorsteps that many people regret giving so much ower to the SF/DUP bloc. They are failing children in education, they are failing on the economy, and now people have seen outreagous and ethically unfustifiable expenses claims. The people know which parties are working for the people and which parties are working on a themselves alone agenda.”
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