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09/11/2022
Heaton-Harris Urged To Clarify When NI Will Receive Energy payment
Sinn Féin has called on the Secretary of State, Chris Heaton-Harris, to provide clarity on when workers and families will receive the £400 energy support payment.
Speaking after meeting Chris Heaton Harris in London on Tuesday, SF MP Chris Hazzard said: "Workers and families are struggling to pay their bills. They need help now to get through a cold and difficult winter.
"It's not good enough they still have no clarity on when they will get the money they were promised and are entitled to.
"This money has been held up enough by the DUP's cruel boycott of the Executive. There must be no more delays. People need this money quickly."
The South Down MP made it clear to the British government that the prolonged state of limbo they have created is failing people in the north.
He continued: "I also made it clear to Chris Heaton Harris that the prolonged state of limbo facing our politics from British government indecision is failing people here.
"It's totally unacceptable that the Tories, along with the DUP, are fuelling instability and chaos and leaving people with no support during a cost-of-living crisis.
"People want parties working together in an Executive to put money in their pockets and fix the health service. That's why they voted in May.
"The British Secretary of State must clearly and quickly outline what the next steps are now and end the dithering and delays."
Speaking after meeting Chris Heaton Harris in London on Tuesday, SF MP Chris Hazzard said: "Workers and families are struggling to pay their bills. They need help now to get through a cold and difficult winter.
"It's not good enough they still have no clarity on when they will get the money they were promised and are entitled to.
"This money has been held up enough by the DUP's cruel boycott of the Executive. There must be no more delays. People need this money quickly."
The South Down MP made it clear to the British government that the prolonged state of limbo they have created is failing people in the north.
He continued: "I also made it clear to Chris Heaton Harris that the prolonged state of limbo facing our politics from British government indecision is failing people here.
"It's totally unacceptable that the Tories, along with the DUP, are fuelling instability and chaos and leaving people with no support during a cost-of-living crisis.
"People want parties working together in an Executive to put money in their pockets and fix the health service. That's why they voted in May.
"The British Secretary of State must clearly and quickly outline what the next steps are now and end the dithering and delays."
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