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NI secretary challenges Executive to reform public services

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On Tuesday, Benn will set out three challenges facing Northern Ireland which he said are:

  • The reform and delivery of public services

  • Ensuring the smooth flow of goods across the UK

  • The need for sustainable, long term economic growth

Benn said that a lack of funding from the government “is not the impediment to public service transformation.”

“I frequently hear it said that more funding is required from the UK Government and that that is the reason why public services are in such a state,” he said.

“The real impediment has been the failure to reform the system,” he added.

He said there had been “many missed opportunities to take decisions, or to apply learning from other parts of the UK”.

“Of course, this has at times been down to there being no Executive in place to take decisions,” he added.

He said that at other times, there has “simply been a lack of agreement among Executive Ministers on the steps that need to be taken, or on the revenue that needs to be raised, or on the allocation of resources”.


BBC News

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