Sir Robert Chote
Fiscal Council: Stormont needs to find £800m in cuts and new revenue this year
Spending per head of population in Northern Ireland needs to be 24 per cent higher than in England, the NI Fiscal Council has said.
Taking budget to the wire creates 'deep levels of uncertainty' warns economist Andrew Webb
DELAYS setting Stormont's budget for next year is creating "deep levels of uncertainty" and affecting people's mental health, a leading economist has warned.
Stormont’s draft budget lacks strategy, fiscal watchdog warns
The recently established Northern Ireland Fiscal Council has issued its first annual budget assessment for the north.
London's control of post-Brexit funding 'has potential to undermine transparency'
THE way the UK government is administrating money designed to replace EU funding in the north has the potential to undermine transparency, the chair of Stormont’s new independent financial watchdog has said.
Economic 'big thinkers' named to chair new fiscal oversight bodies
A FORMER chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), once described as "the man who checks the Chancellor's maths", has been appointed to head up the new independent Fiscal Council for Northern Ireland.