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Northern Ireland

More cash released to allow Stormont departments to keep running during impasse

Spending limits imposed on Stormont departments amid the powersharing impasse have been increased to ensure public services continue to be delivered in the absence of an executive. Departments are currently operating on contingency funding ...

24 Aug 2022 at 19:39

Northern Ireland

Ministers made ‘unwise’ spending decisions before leaving office – Baker

Stormont ministers have been accused of making “unwise” spending decisions before they left office by a Northern Ireland Office minister. Steve Baker said there would be no bail-out from the Treasury for Northern Ireland departments ...

17 Nov 2022 at 18:30

Northern Ireland

Public procurement arrangements not demonstrating value for money, report finds

Structures for delivering public sector procurement in Northern Ireland are currently incapable of showing that the process delivers value for money, a new report has said. Arrangements to provide leadership, governance and ...

25 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Pay award for non-industrial civil servants in Northern Ireland announced

A pay award has been announced for a number of Stormont civil servants. The award, which amounts to an increase of £552, will apply to non-industrial staff and will be backdated to August 2022. Lowest paid staff will also ...

06 Apr 2023 at 12:56

Northern Ireland

Cost of Covid-19 response in NI over £7.79bn, Audit Office report says

The cost of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland is estimated to have reached more than £7.79 billion, a new Audit Office report has found. The report said that lessons needed to be learnt from the ...

27 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland facing ‘significant’ long-term pressures – finance secretary

Northern Ireland is facing “really significant long-term fiscal pressures”, the permanent secretary at the Department of Finance has warned. Neil Gibson also said revenue-raising measures are a “tool in the toolkit” ...

18 Sept 2023 at 14:05

Northern Ireland

Consultation opens on changes to rates relief scheme to increase revenue

Consultation has opened on the changes to rates relief to increase Government revenue, the Department of Finance has announced. Proposed changes include the removal of the early payment discount and removing the ...

07 Nov 2023 at 12:40

Northern Ireland

Flooded NI businesses given information on rate relief eligibility

Flooded NI businesses have been given more information on the emergency rate relief available to them. Heavy rain in counties Down and Armagh left hundreds of businesses impacted by floods, with some in the ...

10 Nov 2023 at 13:59

Northern Ireland

Stormont on trajectory for overspend of half a billion

Northern Ireland is on a trajectory to overspend by half a billion pounds excluding a public sector pay rise, a senior civil servant has said. Neil Gibson, the permanent secretary at the Department of ...

09 Nov 2023 at 12:42

Northern Ireland

‘Indisputable matter of fact’ health funding increased in budget, committee told

It is an “indisputable matter of fact” that initial funding for health was increased in the budget agreed by the Stormont powersharing Executive, MLAs have been told. The director of public spending ...

01 May 2024 at 17:39

Northern Ireland

Ministers pledge to work together on baby loss certificate scheme

Two Stormont ministers have pledged to work together in progressing a baby loss certificate scheme in Northern Ireland. Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald said she would be liaising with Health ...

16 Apr 2024 at 10:26

Northern Ireland

No instruction given to start work on revenue-raising, says senior civil servant

The most senior civil servant in Stormont’s Department of Finance has told MLAs he has received no instructions from ministers to begin work to introduce revenue-raising measures in Northern ...

14 Feb 2024 at 17:49

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