MLAs to have pay cut as NI SoS Karen Bradley rules out calling fresh Assembly election

Sep 07, 2018, 11:28 AM

Yesterday Karen Bradley announced that she is to cut Stormont Assembly members' pay from £49,500 to £35,888 from November. She also ruled out calling a fresh Assembly election and she is to bring forward legislation to allow civil servants to make decisions in the absence of devolution. Stephen got the views of Steve Aiken from the UUP, Dolores Kelly from the SDLP and Kellie Armstrong from the Alliance Party.