The number of government departments in Northern Ireland is being reduced after the assembly elections, to both save money and reflect political changes. How much of a difference will this make in...
The UK government has provided £300m of borrowing flexibility to the Northern Ireland Executive since a deal was reached to restart Stormont power-sharing in November, Northern Ireland...
Following an agreement to end the devolution impasse in Northern Ireland, the Executive now has to deliver amid both funding constraints and moves towards tax localisation.
Arlene Foster is set to be the next first minister of Northern Ireland after she was unanimously elected as the next leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Northern Ireland’s political parties have struck an agreement with the UK and Irish governments to restart devolved government in the province following 10 weeks of talks.
CIPFA has today published the first ever balance sheet for the Northern Ireland public sector, revealing the province has £51.8bn of assets and owes £51.3bn in liabilities.
The five main Northern Ireland parties have embarked on talks to resolve concerns around paramilitary activity that are threatening to bring down the province’s power-sharing executive.
The Ulster Unionist Party has announced that it intends to pull out of Northern Ireland’s power sharing Executive after a police investigation found that the “organisational...
Finance ministers from the UK’s three devolved administrations have issued a joint warning that UK government plans will cut spending “too fast and too far” and present a risk to...
The Barnett formula is increasingly regarded as no longer fit for purpose. A recent report from the Northern Ireland Assembly helps make the case for a needs-based approach.
Council leaders across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have come together to urge whichever party wins the general election to set out a plan to devolve power across the country in the...
The Barnett formula needs to be scrapped as part of moves to ensure an equitable and sustainable distribution of public funding across the UK, a CIPFA submission to the Northern Ireland Assembly has...
The recent Stormont House Agreement appears to promise Northern Ireland another £2bn in additional funding. But a careful look at the detail tells a rather different story.
Northern Ireland’s politicians have been told that they will be given control of corporation tax before May’s general election if they push on with agreeing the budget and implementing welfare...
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement support for the principle of devolving corporation tax to Northern Ireland brought immediate demands from the Scottish National Party for similar powers in Scotland.
The Northern Ireland executive has been able to avoid the worst impacts of its public spending crisis, finance minister Simon Hamilton has said. But he warned that some departments still face ‘...
Northern Ireland’s finance minister has accused parties opposed to welfare reform of having ‘needlessly squandered £87m’, as the Treasury moved to bail out the province’s government with an emergency...
William Hague has said the Conservatives are ‘wholeheartedly committed’ to increasing the autonomy of Scotland and Wales, but indicated this must be matched with reforms to ensure that only English...
