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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

Northern Ireland Executive Budget 2020-21: Initial allocations, with more to come later…

2nd April 20202nd April 2020 Finance and Economics Research Team Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 6 minutes In his statement on 31 March, the Minister of Finance noted that the world has changed dramatically since his

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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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Finance

Northern Ireland public finances: An update

5th December 20195th December 2019 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog article provides an update on Northern Ireland public finances in the absence of fully functioning devolved government. It

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Finance

Is Northern Ireland underrated? Examining the context for a review of our rating system

6th June 201914th November 2019 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit Business rates, Domestic rates

Reading Time: 7 minutes On 9 May 2019 the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Finance (DoF) announced a fresh appraisal of the fundamental

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Education Finance

We don’t need no education!

27th November 201812th June 2019 Finance and Economics Research Team

Reading Time: 8 minutes The finances of Northern Ireland’s schools have been in the spotlight for some time. For example, the Northern Ireland Affairs

Finance

Public Finances in Northern Ireland: Key recent developments and how they may affect you

26th March 201822nd November 2019 Finance and Economics Research Team Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 6 minutes This article unpicks key recent developments relating to public finance in Northern Ireland (NI), while there is no functioning Executive

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Finance

What are rates and why do we pay them?

22nd March 201827th March 2018 Michael Scholes Business rates, Domestic rates

Reading Time: 5 minutes Rates are a property tax paid by households and businesses. There are two different types of rates in Northern Ireland,

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Finance

UK Chancellor’s Budget: Small Change for Northern Ireland

23rd November 201728th March 2018 Finance and Economics Research Team Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 6 minutes Yesterday, in the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced some changes to the United Kingdom (UK) Government’s

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