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Public Affairs
All Party Group: Fair Banking and Finance
Chair of the recently launched All Party Group (APG) on Fair Banking and Finance, Pat Catney MLA discusses the origin…
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Public Affairs
Allister’s SPAD Bill moves to next stage
One year on from its introduction, Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister’s Bill to tighten government functions around special advisers…
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Scrutiny in the Assembly
The removal of the committee stage from all of the Bills that have been enacted in the current mandate raises…
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Public Affairs
In defence of the Assembly
Politics Professor at the University of Liverpool, Jonathan Tonge, highlights how, despite being suspended for some 40 per cent of…
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Public Affairs
Collective is the corrective
Collective bargaining in Northern Ireland has been in gradual decline for some time and this trend needs to be reversed,…
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Public Affairs
Political Platform
Former Downing Street advisor and Westminster commentator Matthew O’Toole was co-opted into the South Belfast Assembly seat to replace the…
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Public Affairs
Covid-19: Mental health impact
Newly appointed interim Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland Siobhán O’Neill highlights the longer lasting mental health impacts of Covid-19…
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Economy
Regional impacts of Covid-19
Research into the regional impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated shutdowns has shown that Northern Ireland was likely…
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Economy
Mid South West collaboration lays down plans for a prosperous future
How the input of local and central government can help to deliver on the ambitions of the Mid South West…
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Economy
Skills and regional balance
A “missing middle” of those possessing medium level qualifications appears to be one of the most pressing challenges facing each…
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