Stormont to axe 20,000 public sector jobs - DUP's Sammy Wilson and Bumper Graham clash

Jan 20, 2015, 09:39 AM

It's official. Stormont plans to axe 20,000 public sector jobs over four years. DUP Finance Minister Simon Hamilton confirmed the target in his budget statement to the Assembly. The plan is to cut the jobs through voluntary redundancies and a recruitment freeze. But what about Sinn Fein? Last week on this show, Sinn Fein Minister John O'Dowd moved to distance his party from comments by the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson on job cuts. Sinn Fein declined to provide a spokesman on this issue. Stephen was joined by Bumper Graham from public sector union NIPSA and the DUP's Sammy Wilson