Empty poststrebled in city
THE number of vacant civil service jobs at Londonderry’s pension centre trebled last month due to the creation of a number of new posts, according to Pensions Minister Nelson McCausland.
On September 18 there were five vacant posts at the Carlisle Road centre. A month later - on October 17 - there were 18 empty posts.
The increase came in the wake of a bi-annual review that resulted in the creation of new positions in the pension centre, bringing new jobs to Londonderry.
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Hide AdIn June the Sentinel reported how the relocation of 87 civil service jobs to the Londonderry centre had been delayed by a number of months.
The State Pension jobs were supposed to have been relocated to Londonderry from Belfast this spring to create a new single Northern Ireland Pension Centre but Mr McCausland revealed that the switch could not commence until July.