A West Tyrone MLA has hit out at civil servants in Northern Ireland as its emerged over £1000 was spent on purchasing cakes in celebration of the roll-out of Universal Credit.
Universal Credit is a benefit scheme which MLA Daniel McCrossan claims is the most disgusting and disastrous benefit cuts to be adopted and has lead to an increase in the number of people depending on food banks.
He says the money spent of the cakes would have been better directed helping the communities of Strabane and the wider West Tyrone areas:
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