Reclaiming the power of the purse
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
Read moreReading Time: 5 minutes Half way through the fiscal year, Northern Ireland (NI) still has no 2017-18 budget. A previous blog, Who has the
Read moreReading Time: 6 minutes Piecing together a budget is one of the most fundamental activities of government. But in Northern Ireland (NI) there is
Read moreReading Time: 4 minutes Has the Chancellor’s statement had the mountainous impact on the Executive’s budget that was expected?
Read moreReading Time: 4 minutes In the 2011-16 Assembly Mandate, MLAs debated, scrutinised and passed a range of legislation across a number of policy areas
Read moreReading Time: 3 minutes In recent years ‘Preventative Expenditure‘ (PE) has gained a high level of political consensus. There are many definitions, and this
Read moreReading Time: 4 minutes Northern Ireland (NI) receives a sizeable fiscal transfer from the United Kingdom (UK) Government. In other words, considerably more is
Read moreReading Time: 4 minutes Financial Transactions Capital (FTC) is funding allocated to the Executive by the United Kingdom (UK) Government. The Executive has discretion
Read moreReading Time: 3 minutes The purpose of an ‘Annual Report and Accounts’ is to provide information about an entity’s financial position, changes in financial
Read moreReading Time: 3 minutes Later this month, the new Minister of Finance will announce the outcome of the Executive’s June Monitoring Round. But what
Read moreReading Time: 3 minutes What is ‘outcomes-based budgeting’, and what are the key benefits and limitations of using it?
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