The pressure on public services in Northern Ireland caused by the deadlock in forming a new executive is making direct rule from Westminster increasingly likely, the Northern Ireland secretary...
The Conservatives are in talks with the Democratic Unionist Party to secure its support at Westminster. What does the party believe in, what concessions might it seek from the government and where...
As talks to restore the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland break down it has been announced that budget setting powers will be taken on by the civil service.
Sinn Féin have appointed Michelle O’Neill to lead the party in Northern Ireland, filling the gap left by Martin McGuinness who stepped down a fortnight ago.
Fresh elections to the Northern Ireland Executive are expected in the coming weeks after Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister in protest at the botched administration of a green energy...
Northern Ireland’s political parties have struck an agreement with the UK and Irish governments to restart devolved government in the province following 10 weeks of talks.
CIPFA has today published the first ever balance sheet for the Northern Ireland public sector, revealing the province has £51.8bn of assets and owes £51.3bn in liabilities.
The five main Northern Ireland parties have embarked on talks to resolve concerns around paramilitary activity that are threatening to bring down the province’s power-sharing executive.
The Ulster Unionist Party has announced that it intends to pull out of Northern Ireland’s power sharing Executive after a police investigation found that the “organisational...
Northern Ireland’s new finance minister has warned that public services in the province will face further cuts unless a deal is reached in the devolved executive to implement welfare reforms.
The Barnett formula needs to be scrapped as part of moves to ensure an equitable and sustainable distribution of public funding across the UK, a CIPFA submission to the Northern Ireland Assembly has...
