From water charges to pricier school dinners, controversial proposals are being made to raise revenue.
Proposed measures drawn up by civil servants include increasing the cost of paid school dinners and home-to-school transportSome 40-plus areas were drawn up by civil servants as a means of raising additional money., to raising the price of MOT and driving test fees as well as street parking charges.
No politician wants to take the flack for potentially piling more costs on the public when purse strings are already tight. It is known as the Barnett formula, which sees extra funding based on population size allocated automatically to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales when extra funding is made available in England.But, in the meantime, parties remain sceptical about the secretary of state's intentions on revenue raising, given he's said any decisions on what to impose would rest with future Stormont ministers.
"No-one welcomes paying more for things, but it is really important they're looked at," he told BBC News NI. There is no sign of Stormont coming back soon and if or when it does, chances are few politicians will want to dive straight into these sorts of conversations.
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