{"id":3621,"date":"2015-04-13T16:38:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T15:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2015-04-13T16:38:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T15:38:29","slug":"rethink-policies-now-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=3621","title":{"rendered":"Rethink policies now plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>New research from the Nevin economic research institute (NERI) has confirmed the need for urgent action from the NI Executive parties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The research shows that Northern Ireland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workforce has suffered the greatest decline in household incomes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since 2007 there has been a big shift within the economy and labour market with many workers forced in to low-wage, temporary or casual employment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur political leaders continue to ignore this reality and instead congratulate themselves on marginal improvements in the unemployment rate \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a statistic that fails to capture what is really happening,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Jimmy Kelly, Unite regional secretary.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NERI economists have raised concerns to the likely adverse impact of the Executive parties\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 proposal to cut corporation taxes at the expense of even deeper cuts to public spending.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bCuts to further education, our public transport infrastructure and environmental protection agencies will only undermine Northern Ireland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s transition to a modern, balanced economy. We are also in danger of losing an entire generation to emigration due to the lack of employment opportunities,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite is in full agreement with NERI economists who say NI Executive need to re-think economic policy and focus on expanding manufacturing base.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bInstead of destroying public services to attain global tax haven status we need to see investment in our roads, rail and energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTied to such a programme, roll out of the Living wage and wider social investment would stimulate economic consumption leading to wage-led growth of the economy,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research from the Nevin economic research institute (NERI) has confirmed the need for urgent action from the NI Executive parties. &nbsp; &nbsp; The research shows that Northern Ireland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workforce has suffered the greatest decline in household incomes. &nbsp; &nbsp; Since 2007 there has been a big shift within the economy and labour market with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[76,219],"wps_subtitle":"Northern Ireland living standards now lowest in UK ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3622,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions\/3622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}