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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.
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5 Apr 19
A milestone has been reached in the creation of Northern Ireland’s first ‘City Deal’ which will result in investment of up to £1bn centred on Belfast.
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28 Sep 18
The Northern Ireland secretary is pushing on with plans to cut assembly members’ salaries by more than a quarter from next month.
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14 Sep 18
Facts and figures from the September 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine.
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6 Sep 18
Northern Ireland Assembly members’ pay will be cut until the country’s executive is restored, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland has announced today.
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6 Aug 18
Northern Ireland’s public services incurred the biggest spending per head in the UK in 2016-17, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
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18 Jul 18
Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley has said she will legislate to fill vital public appointments in the continued absence of a functioning executive at Stormont.
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10 Apr 18
Brexit could cause “irreparable harm” to devolution efforts, a think-tank has warned.
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9 Mar 18
Westminster has set Northern Ireland’s budget, as the country is still without its own administration.
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21 Feb 18
The UK government has suggested it will begin preparing a 2018-19 budget for Northern Ireland in a bid to provide “certainty and clarity”.
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16 Feb 18
Arlene Foster has called on Westminster to set Northern Ireland’s budget after a breakdown in talks to reform a shared government between the country’s two biggest parties.
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29 Jan 18
Northern Ireland faces a budget “D-day” in early February after which making key spending decisions will be “incredibly difficult” because of the lack of an executive at Stormont, MPs have been told.
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23 Jan 18
Public sector employment in Northern Ireland was up by 0.3% over the year to March 2017, though fell by 0.1% between the second and third quarters.
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12 Jan 18
Defra has insisted the Environment Agency will play a “critical role” in delivering the government’s environmental plans over the next 25 years, as a new watchdog is set up.
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5 Dec 17
Civil servants in Northern Ireland are “not delivering value for money” in their management of the government office estate, according to a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
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.
24 Feb 20Benefit fraudsters will no longer be named by the government in Northern Ireland, after an order from the minister for communities.
17 Feb 20Devolved finance ministers have written to the new chief secretary to the Treasury asking him to hold an “urgent” meeting ahead of the Budget.
17 Jan 20The UK government’s funding package for Northern Ireland will leave the country in an “austerity trap”, its finance minister has claimed.
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.
29 May 19Public sector deficits were highest in devolved regions in the financial year ending in 2018, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
5 Apr 19A milestone has been reached in the creation of Northern Ireland’s first ‘City Deal’ which will result in investment of up to £1bn centred on Belfast.
14 Sep 18Facts and figures from the September 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine.
16 Feb 18Arlene Foster has called on Westminster to set Northern Ireland’s budget after a breakdown in talks to reform a shared government between the country’s two biggest parties.
12 Jan 18Defra has insisted the Environment Agency will play a “critical role” in delivering the government’s environmental plans over the next 25 years, as a new watchdog is set up.
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