{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77/69ce8f65f44b357ce926fa86?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"NI Executive vs British Parliament: Who’s to Blame for Funding Cuts & Can Unionism Win West Belfast?","description":"<p>Northern Ireland is facing a funding cliff edge — costing up to 400 jobs.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of <em>Stormont Sources</em>, David McCann, Tim Kearns and Michael McKernan break down the growing crisis in the voluntary sector, as funding for the Local Growth Fund drops from £25m to just £9m.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus NICVA’s Celine McStravick spills on the real impact: services cut, organisations under threat, and thousands left without support.</p><p>👉 Who’s responsible — the UK Government or the Northern Ireland Executive?</p><p>👉 Can anything be done before it’s too late?</p><p><br></p><p>PLUS:</p><p>The DUP targets West Belfast — but can unionism really win there for the first time in 20 years?</p><p><br></p><p>📩 Get in touch: hello@stormontsources.com</p><p>📞 Voicemail: 0333 404 6507 (use code “Stormont”)</p><p><br></p><p>****</p><p><br></p><p>Click stormontsources.com to listen and for all of our episodes</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome inside politics in Northern Ireland. Listen to the podcast which brings you analysis, insight and experience from Stormont. Join journalist, David McCann, plus Tim Cairns, a former Special Advisor to Peter Robinson and Head of Policy for the DUP and Micheal McKernan, a former Special Advisor in the SDLP worked in the Executive from 2007-2016.</p>","author_name":"Shortbread Media "}