Barnett Formula
Housing assocations calls for additional Westminster funding to be ring-fenced
The north could be set to receive additional funding as a result of Labour’s housing plans in England
‘North needs new and ambitious permanent fiscal framework’ - NI Chamber President
Catriona McCusker calls on incoming UK Government to work with business to promote north’s “huge advantages”
Scottish Government can borrow more under new deal on devolution finance
It doubles the resource borrowing annual limit to £600 million.
Alan Bridle: From feast to famine... time for a new Beveridge?
AMIDST the daily diet of budget cuts and impact assessments on the vulnerable, the question of whether Northern Ireland is under or over-funded is a contested one.
Newton Emerson: Time for Last Decade, Welsh Approach?
Stormont is set to be revived through a debate Wales had years ago – 'Last Decade, Welsh Approach' might be the best name for any new deal.
Sinn Féin: Financial package should not pander to DUP
Sinn Féin has stressed the need to involve all Stormont's parties in discussions about any financial package that will accompany the restoration of the institutions.
Oil giants bank more profits in three months than it takes to run Northern Ireland in a year . . .
WITH cash-strapped households facing record energy costs, oil giants BP and Shell have banked combined profits in the last three months totalling more than it takes to run the entire Northern Ireland economy in a year.
Most vulnerable could get Covid-19 vaccine by end of year
NORTHERN Ireland will receive a proportion of the UK’s 10 million ‘breakthrough’ Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year, if it is approved by the regulator.
Stormont in line for £20m after extra funding announced for small businesses across England
STORMONT is set to receive an extra £20 million in coronavirus support from the UK Government, raising hopes that the cash grant scheme for businesses could be expanded.
ANALYSIS: Stormont needs mature solutions to problems created by funding shortfall
HOODWINKED, bounced or conned – it's difficult to know which is most appropriate to the situation the Stormont parties have found themselves in.