Wilson urges ‘more services for less’
Oct 2, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
Public bodies must learn to achieve more for less, Northern Ireland’s finance minister Sammy Wilson has warnedTags: Finance Minister, Northern Ireland, Public Bodies, Sammy Wilson
Former trade minister calls for cuts to public pay and pensions
Oct 2, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
Former trade minister and CBI director general Lord Digby Jones said cuts had to be made in public sector pay and pensionsTags: Cbi, Digby Jones, Director General, Pensions, Public Sector, Trade Minister
Easy rider
Sep 17, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
Northern Ireland’s new finance minister is not a typical politician. A motorcycle enthusiast, he is relaxed, informal and very un-PC. Paul Gosling asks him to map out his plans for the road aheadTags: Easy Rider, Finance Minister, Motorcycle Enthusiast, New Finance, Northern Ireland, Paul Gosling, Typical Politician
Stronger relationships needed to preserve the Union
Sep 9, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
A new and more positive relationship needs to be developed between the devolved administrations and the UK government if the Union is to be preserved, leading academics and public officials have be...Tags: Devolved Administrations, Leading Academics, Public Officials, Relationship, Relationships, Uk Government
Is time running out for the Barnett Formula?
Jul 24, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
A Lords inquiry has issued the latest in a series of official reports calling for the scrapping of the controversial 30-year-old funding mechanism for the UK nations. But replacing it will not be easyTags: Barnett Formula, Running
Scrap unfair Barnett Formula, say Lords
Jul 17, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
The Barnett Formula must be scrapped, a House of Lords inquiry has recommendedTags: Barnett Formula, House Of Lords
NI’s Wilson moves from environment to finance
Jul 2, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
As part of a reshuffle in Northern Ireland, one of the Assembly’s most controversial politicians is to become its finance minister.Tags: Controversial Politicians, Environment, Finance Minister, Northern Ireland, Reshuffle, S Wilson
NI finances in poor health
Jun 19, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
Health bodies in Northern Ireland face spending pressures that risk pushing them into deficit, auditor general John Dowdall has warned.Tags: Auditor General, Face, Finances, Health Bodies, Health Health, John Dowdall, Northern Ireland, Poor Health, Risk
NI Child Support Agency still in debt
May 28, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
Northern Ireland’s Child Support Agency had a gross debt of £82.6m in 2007/08, the Northern Ireland Audit Office’s annual report has revealed. Of this, £35.7m was collectable, a rise from £29.9m th...Tags: 6m, 7m, Annual Report, Child Support Agency, Gross Debt, Northern Ireland Audit Office, Previous Year, S Child
Work to begin on £270m PFI hospital for Enniskillen
May 28, 2009 North Ireland, Regional
A £270m Private Finance Initiative hospital for Enniskillen in Northern Ireland has been signed off following months of difficulties in getting funding finalised
