Insurance profits levy included in proposals

Independent Alliance ministers meet today to agree on pre-budget demands including a new levy on insurance companies, pension rises, and more funds for disability services. Shane Ross and other Independent ministers are hoping to sit with Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe later this week to discuss different budget options.

One alliance source explained: “We are not putting this into a document this time. It will be a very strange budget. We need to work together rather than setting out demands that can’t be met.”