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4 Dec 08
The Northern Ireland Executive has given the go-ahead for a rapid transit system for Belfast and a £43.5m allocation for a Titanic visitor attraction
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18 Sep 08
Despite Northern Ireland's political and economic troubles, its new finance minister, Nigel Dodds, is optimistic about the future
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11 Sep 08
Prison officers have threatened to take strike action after it emerged that a computer disk containing the details of 5,000 justice staff had been lost by government IT contractor EDS. Justice...
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10 Jul 08
The political parties have fired the opening shots in the Glasgow East by-election, a contest that is crucial for Labour and Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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22 May 08
'A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.' That was Winston Churchill's description of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It could equally well describe Northern Ireland's post-primary...
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8 May 08
Northern Ireland's public sector is too big and too well paid, according to Sir David Varney's review of competitiveness in Northern Ireland, carried out on behalf of the Treasury. The review could...
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17 Apr 08
East Belfast MP Peter Robinson is to take over from Ian Paisley as Northern Ireland's first minister when Paisley retires in May. Robinson, Paisley's long-time deputy in the Democratic Unionist Party...
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3 Apr 08
More than 33,000 public sector jobs in Northern Ireland face the axe, some 15% of the total, according to the Nipsa union.
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13 Mar 08
Peter Robinson is happy to talk about his work as Northern Ireland finance minister. But Ian Paisley's resignation means he's going to have to face up to that succession question very soon, says Paul...
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6 Mar 08
Northern Ireland's four main publicly owned ports will cease to be public corporations under proposals to allow them the freedom to borrow privately without it being counted as public sector debt.
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21 Feb 08
Ian Paisley Junior has resigned as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Executive after weeks of media scrutiny of his personal and political relationships.
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7 Feb 08
An education charity has reacted with dismay to proposals intended to improve and streamline the government's flagship school building programme.
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31 Jan 08
As Peter Hain reflects on the end of his ministerial career, he can at least console himself that he oversaw the re-establishment of devolved government in Northern Ireland.
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22 Nov 07
Northern Ireland faces a shake-up of its rating system, following recommendations from the Assembly's Finance and Personnel Committee.
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8 Nov 07
The timing could hardly have been worse. Job creation is the Northern Ireland Executive's top priority, Finance Minister Peter Robinson announced in his Budget.
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8 Nov 07
The Welsh Assembly government has been accused of hypocrisy after pledging a 'bonfire of inefficiency' under three-year spending plans.
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1 Nov 07
Northern Ireland's first Budget since the restoration of devolution has seen a big increase in economic development spending at the expense of social housing.
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20 Sep 07
Northern Ireland's planning regime has been left in limbo after Belfast's High Court ruled that former direct rule minister Lord Rooker had unlawfully taken a decision to ban most home building in...
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13 Sep 07
The annual costs to the NHS of Private Finance Initiative schemes will soar fivefold from £470m to £2.3bn over the next eight years and could damage services, Edinburgh University researchers claim.
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6 Sep 07
A row has broken out between Northern Ireland's grammar schools and the Department of Education over the future of academic selection.
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30 Aug 07
Prime Minister Gordon Brown should reduce Scotland's share of UK public spending and cut the number of Scottish MPs, a think-tank has suggested.
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30 Aug 07
Northern Ireland's hospitals spend £31m more a year than they need to, compared with the unit costs of their English NHS equivalents, according to reviews conducted for Northern Ireland's Department...
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30 Aug 07
A leaked report written by Deloitte for the government estimates that the cost of sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland could be £1.5bn a year.
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26 Jul 07
In the early days of New Labour, the Private Finance Initiative was seen as the only game in town for funding major public sector projects, but the Metronet crisis could mean the game is up, writes...
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26 Jul 07
Northern Ireland's five education and library boards have been given a year's stay of execution after ministers decided to delay the creation of their replacement Education and Skills Authority,...
4 Dec 08The Northern Ireland Executive has given the go-ahead for a rapid transit system for Belfast and a £43.5m allocation for a Titanic visitor attraction
