Colin Pidgeon, Author at Research Matters

Northern Ireland economy: Autumn 2020 update

8th October 20208th October 2020 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 8 minutes As Northern Ireland (NI) emerges from the widespread COVID-19 public health crisis into a phase of more localised outbreaks and

Finance

Autumn Statement and NI Budget 2021-22. NI public finances update no.2 (Autumn 2020)

22nd September 202022nd September 2020 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog article is the second of two providing updates on NI’s public finances: Update no.1 looks back to a

Finance

Poundhog Day: The UK Chancellor’s Summer Statement. NI public finances update no.1 (Summer 2020)

22nd September 202022nd September 2020 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 8 minutes The summer months are often quiet times for NI public finances. But, like so much else about 2020, this summer

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COVID-19 Finance

Fiscal ball gazing: How could the COVID-19 crisis affect NI’s public finances?

22nd June 202022nd June 2020 Colin Pidgeon Devolution - Fiscal Framework & Scotland Bill devolution settlement, Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 9 minutes Governments around the world have undertaken very significant, and hugely costly, actions attempting to prop up businesses and employment through

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Finance

UK Chancellor’s Budget 2020: Implications for Northern Ireland

13th March 202026th March 2020 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 8 minutes The recently appointed UK Chancellor presented his first Budget on Wednesday (as had been planned by his predecessor). It was

Finance

An independent Fiscal Council for Northern Ireland: What might it look like?

21st January 202023rd January 2020 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 6 minutes The recent New Decade, New Approach deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland contains considerable commitments to financial support but

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Education Health & Social Care

Free periods? Period poverty, its impact on education, and policy responses to the issue

5th September 20195th September 2019 Colin Pidgeon Taxation

Reading Time: 7 minutes Period poverty is a topical issue, globally and within the United Kingdom (UK). Recently, there has been some concern about

Finance

Reclaiming the power of the purse

17th October 201727th March 2018 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 5 minutes Half way through the fiscal year, Northern Ireland (NI) still has no 2017-18 budget. A previous blog, Who has the

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Finance

Who has the power of the purse if the Assembly does not agree a budget?

9th March 201717th July 2017 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 6 minutes Piecing together a budget is one of the most fundamental activities of government. But in Northern Ireland (NI) there is

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Finance

Autumn Statement 2016: a fiscal molehill?

2nd December 20166th July 2017 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 4 minutes Has the Chancellor’s statement had the mountainous impact on the Executive’s budget that was expected?

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