{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/786983.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":786983,"attributes":{"action":"NI assembly ministers should agree and set a budget","background":"Once again the main parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly are holding the country to ransom.  A budget should be discussed and agreed and this should not be conditional on party political arguments around marching and policing.","additional_details":"Northern Irish residents are being punished because the governing parties will not agree a budget.  Budgets for the running of the country should not be conditional on whether or not 35 individuals can or cannot walk along a road.\r\n\r\nThis damages our children's education, our health services and a variety of jobs are in jeopardy in our essential public services.   If it is not resolved, then we who sign will remember this as we approach the upcoming assembly election .","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-11-10T19:43:37.381Z","updated_at":"2026-11-11T13:03:05.203Z","rejected_at":"2026-11-11T13:03:03.799Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-11-11T08:13:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"As currently drafted, this petition is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly and not directly a matter for the UK Government at the moment."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}