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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Public sector deficits were highest in devolved regions in the financial year ending in 2018, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
