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30 Sep 21
The level of fraud and error in benefit payments made in Northern Ireland rose again last financial year, leading to a spending watchdog issuing a qualified opinion.
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12 Aug 21
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health is facing questions over its accounting treatment of millions of pounds that might otherwise have been redistributed to other departments.
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8 Jun 21
The cost of government responses to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland topped £6bn as both Stormont and Westminster worked to fight the health and economic crises caused by the virus.
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7 May 21
More than £900m spent on reducing the gap in GCSE results between disadvantaged and affluent children in Northern Ireland “has not made any demonstrable difference”, a damning report has found.
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6 May 21
The recently announced budget watchdog created to assess Northern Ireland’s public finances will not have “legally binding teeth” to prevent scandals such as that surrounding the green energy scheme.
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30 Apr 21
Education and health outcomes in devolved nations are often worse than in England despite larger budgets, a think-tank report has claimed.
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12 Apr 21
Northern Irish officials are seeking to recover £4.38m from businesses that wrongly received Covid-19 grants.
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16 Feb 21
New legalisation passed by Stormont will allow local authorities to set independent tax rates, giving councils the flexibility to tailor rates to local needs.
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15 Feb 21
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been given more than £2bn in additional funding from the UK government to help with Covid-19 spending.
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20 Oct 20
Mid Ulster District Council has won a VAT case which could see councils in Northern Ireland receive up to £50m in rebates on admission charges to their leisure facilities.
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18 Sep 20
Finance ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over the financial implications the UK Internal Market Bill will have on devolved governments.
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7 Aug 20
The government is set to spend £335m on a new system for moving goods into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
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24 Jul 20
The government has guaranteed £3.7bn of additional funding for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help the devolved administrations plan their response to Covid-19 in the months ahead.
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24 Jun 20
Northern Ireland’s economic recovery from Covid-19 is predicted to be a “long-term endeavour” and likely take longer than the rest of the UK and Ireland, according to a report from think-tank Pivotal...
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28 Apr 20
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has seen a real-term budget decrease of 20% over the past decade – equivalent to £200m – according to a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
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13 Mar 20
Cost controls at the Renewable Heating Incentive, which led to the collapse of the Stormont government in 2017, fell by the wayside, according to the inquiry into the scheme.
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24 Feb 20
Benefit fraudsters will no longer be named by the government in Northern Ireland, after an order from the minister for communities.
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17 Feb 20
Devolved finance ministers have written to the new chief secretary to the Treasury asking him to hold an “urgent” meeting ahead of the Budget.
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17 Jan 20
The UK government’s funding package for Northern Ireland will leave the country in an “austerity trap”, its finance minister has claimed.
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14 Jan 20
The Northern Ireland executive has been restored after three years of stalemate between the DUP and Sinn Féin.
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15 Nov 19
The “unacceptable” level of housing benefit fraud and error in Northern Ireland has been slammed by the comptroller and auditor general of the NI Audit Office.
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27 Sep 19
Civil servants have been forced to take decisions in Northern Ireland for nearly 1,000 days. In the event of a no-deal Brexit Westminster would have to take direct control of the country, a situation...
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26 Jul 19
Civil servants in Northern Ireland are striking over a below-inflation pay rise.
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19 Jul 19
Devolution has “struggled to take root in England” compared to other UK countries, according to Akash Paun, senior fellow at the Institute for Government think tank.
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29 May 19
Public sector deficits were highest in devolved regions in the financial year ending in 2018, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
30 Sep 21The level of fraud and error in benefit payments made in Northern Ireland rose again last financial year, leading to a spending watchdog issuing a qualified opinion.
12 Aug 21Northern Ireland’s Department of Health is facing questions over its accounting treatment of millions of pounds that might otherwise have been redistributed to other departments.
7 May 21More than £900m spent on reducing the gap in GCSE results between disadvantaged and affluent children in Northern Ireland “has not made any demonstrable difference”, a damning report has found.
30 Apr 21Education and health outcomes in devolved nations are often worse than in England despite larger budgets, a think-tank report has claimed.
16 Feb 21New legalisation passed by Stormont will allow local authorities to set independent tax rates, giving councils the flexibility to tailor rates to local needs.
15 Feb 21Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been given more than £2bn in additional funding from the UK government to help with Covid-19 spending.
20 Oct 20Mid Ulster District Council has won a VAT case which could see councils in Northern Ireland receive up to £50m in rebates on admission charges to their leisure facilities.
18 Sep 20Finance ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over the financial implications the UK Internal Market Bill will have on devolved governments.
7 Aug 20The government is set to spend £335m on a new system for moving goods into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
24 Jul 20The government has guaranteed £3.7bn of additional funding for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help the devolved administrations plan their response to Covid-19 in the months ahead.
28 Apr 20The Police Service of Northern Ireland has seen a real-term budget decrease of 20% over the past decade – equivalent to £200m – according to a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
13 Mar 20Cost controls at the Renewable Heating Incentive, which led to the collapse of the Stormont government in 2017, fell by the wayside, according to the inquiry into the scheme.
15 Nov 19The “unacceptable” level of housing benefit fraud and error in Northern Ireland has been slammed by the comptroller and auditor general of the NI Audit Office.
27 Sep 19Civil servants have been forced to take decisions in Northern Ireland for nearly 1,000 days. In the event of a no-deal Brexit Westminster would have to take direct control of the country, a situation...
26 Jul 19Civil servants in Northern Ireland are striking over a below-inflation pay rise.
19 Jul 19Devolution has “struggled to take root in England” compared to other UK countries, according to Akash Paun, senior fellow at the Institute for Government think tank.
