Failure to implement NI welfare reforms 'will cost lives', warns minister

A failure to implement proposed welfare reforms in Northern Ireland will ultimately cost lives, Stormont’s Health Minister has warned.

Failure to implement NI welfare reforms 'will cost lives', warns minister

A failure to implement proposed welfare reforms in Northern Ireland will ultimately cost lives, Stormont’s Health Minister has warned.

Edwin Poots delivered the stark message to MLAs as Sinn Fein continue to call for a delay in passing legislation that would see the region’s welfare system overhauled in line with changes being undertaken elsewhere in the UK.

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