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Northern Ireland budget cut by 2% in spending review Northern Ireland budget cut by 2% in spending review
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Northern Ireland's proposed resource budget for 2015/16 has been cut by 2% in the Spending Review.Northern Ireland's proposed resource budget for 2015/16 has been cut by 2% in the Spending Review.
Health and education form a large part of spending in Northern Ireland so the region's total budget has emerged relatively unscathed by the cuts. Health and education form a large part of spending so the total budget has emerged relatively unscathed.
There will be an extra £31m for the PSNI in that year's funding of £9.6bn.
Chancellor George Osborne announced the end of automatic progression pay for civil servants and moves to end it for teachers, prison staff and police.Chancellor George Osborne announced the end of automatic progression pay for civil servants and moves to end it for teachers, prison staff and police.
That means most public sector workers in Northern Ireland will no longer receive annual increases in pay based on length of service. That means most public sector workers will no longer receive annual length of service pay increases.
He also announced a cap on pay increases for 2015/16 of 1%.He also announced a cap on pay increases for 2015/16 of 1%.