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The Stormont Executive has the choice to raise its own funds to help alleviate financial pressures, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has said.

Mr Benn said being in government is about making difficult choices as he highlighted that Northern Ireland has received a record settlement from Westminster.

Stormont’s Finance Minister John O’Dowd said this week he had pressed Chancellor Rachel Reeves to focus on help for working families in the autumn Budget.

The four-party powersharing coalition has consistently lobbied for further funding from the UK Government to

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