A former head of the civil service says senior civil servants in Northern Ireland will be put in a 'near impossible position' if the secretary of state asks them to manage the current budget overspend BBCRedLines
Civil servants are running Northern Ireland's public services in the absence of an executive
Sir David, who retired two years ago, says permanent secretaries would face having to make cuts if they are required to manage the current overspend. "There's clearly going to be a negative public interest. Somebody is going to lose and indeed somebody may suffer some harm, if that is the outcome."
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