Going by some on Twitter yes! Stormont had welfare powers so much so they had to hand them over to Westminster to allow for welfare reform, it seems a Sinn Fein Cllr, yes thats right someone who works in politics did not know this!
I see Sinn Fein calling for mitigations to continue now Stormont is back up and running, the funny thing is that the mitigation package will have run out, so any mitigations will be paid by Stormont.
Why did Sinn Fein say they had to hand welfare powers to Westminster.... oh I remember now we could not afford the £114m fine, so the mitigation if the same will be £585m over 5 years that's £117m per year.
So I have a question Sinn Fein why did you bring in welfare reform???
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