Health key issue for NI survey

Voters in the North believe health is the most important issue facing the Executive, according to a survey

Voters in the North believe health is the most important issue facing the Executive, according to a survey. Almost 2,000 people were questioned between October and December for the annual Northern Ireland Life and Times survey produced by the University of Ulster and Queen's University, Belfast.

When asked which issues were the most important for the devolved institutions to deal with, 49 per cent said health while 25 per cent cited the economy.

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