Northern Ireland Leaders Call for More Funding in Meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Snak

Belfast, UK - April 18, 2024 Stormont's leaders have requested face-to-face talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as they continue to press the Government for more funding. First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly met Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris in Belfast on Thursday for discussions on Stormont's financial challenges. The meeting came a day after it emerged that resource bids from Stormont ministers for money to alleviate pressures on public services in Northern Ireland amounted to more than three times the funding available to Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald in the forthcoming budget. [RESTRICTIONS: NO SALES UK AND IRELAND] ( Original Title: UK: Stormont leaders request face-to-face talks with PM over "upfront investment" )