Public service reform in Northern Ireland is “imperative” and needs to be a top priority if services are to be made more sustainable and effective, CIPFA has said.
Westminster's imposed budget on Northern Ireland will see overall spending go up 3.2% and health spending rise by 5.4%, James Brokenshire has announced.
Deputy prime minister Damian Green is facing complaints at today’s British-Irish Council meeting from the devolved governments that they have been sidelined by British ministers in the...
Northern Ireland’s budget could be set in Westminster to stop public services running out of money as the deadlock between the DUP and Sinn Fein continues.
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...
Theresa May’s £1bn deal with the Democratic Unionist Party has unleashed cross-party uproar in Scotland, after Downing Street made clear that there would be no consequential boost to the...
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 first minister Arlene Foster is under fire following claims about the mismanagement of a scheme designed to promote the use of renewable energy.
Prime minister Theresa May risks provoking a constitutional crisis if she fails to reach agreement with the three devolved administrations on the course of the UK’s exit from the European Union, the...
A leading Brexit campaigner has said negotiations to leave the EU represent an opportunity to “rebalance the whole of the United Kingdom constitution”.
A second Scottish independence referendum is now “highly likely” after Scotland voted to remain in the European Union despite a vote to leave by the rest of the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
