Public Affairs
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Consultation update
Details of significant consultation exercises currently being carried out by government departments and other public sector bodies in Northern Ireland.…
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Transforming public services
Bill McCluggage looks at the role of technology in transforming public services. Technology and its impact on the public sector…
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Sunningdale at 40
Peter Cheney looks back at the December 1973 deal which led to the first example of power-sharing but faltered over…
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Brussels to Belfast
European Parliament election preview As the European Parliament election approaches, seven candidates have been confirmed and up to three more…
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Westminster notes
Political donors to be named Donations to local political parties made from 1 January 2014 will be publicised when confidentiality…
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Assembly round-up
Sharp political divisions continued at Stormont in November but matters of the day and stories of personal difficulty had a…
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John Campbell: a change of atmosphere
John Campbell sums up the perspective of the business community as a tentative recovery takes shape. On 13 October 2008,…
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Nigel Dodds interview: a national platform
DUP MP Nigel Dodds talks to Peter Cheney about his party’s approach to Parliament and discusses its national and regional…
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PUP seeks unionist unity
Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson has called for more “unionist unity” at his party conference in Lurgan. “Unionism remains…
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Planning: a high corruption risk
The Department of the Environment needs to build “a strong anti-fraud culture” among planners before planning policy is transferred to…
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