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Digital disappointment
The wide-ranging Digital Economy Bill, introduced by Labour during the ‘washup’ period before Parliament was dissolved, means that the Government…
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Sharing power locally
Power-sharing or the lack of it becomes contentious in areas where one community is a small minority. Nationalists have claimed…
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Out from the crowd
By all accounts Northern Ireland is well represented at local government level. A total of 582 councillors sit across the…
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Southern local cuts
With 29 county councils, 75 town councils, five city councils, eight borough councils, eight regional authorities and two regional assemblies…
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Changes in the local arena
Now in its sixth year since the last poll, the local government landscape has slightly altered but not through the…
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Reform and deadlock
With reports that the new 11 councils will be postponed to 2015, as agendaNi went to press, local government reform…
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Update
Two years into ISNI2, Northern Ireland’s residents are seeing the first fruits of its most extensive infrastructure programme, whether on…
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All politics is local
agendaNi reviews an election result which saw Northern Ireland keep its ‘semi-detached’ status but also suggested the province’s MPs could…
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European lending for local housing
A relatively recent addition to the social housing landscape in Northern Ireland, the European Investment Bank is increasingly becoming a…
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The changing legal times
In discussion with agendaNi, Arthur Cox’s Alan Taylor and Peter Curran survey the changing legal services environment, including the rising…
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