Governance
Democracy and Government
The courts and the EU Referendum: a week of action
Reading Time: 3 minutes The past seven days have seen significant developments in relation to EU referendum related action in the courts at both local and UK level. This article provides an update and reflects on how they relate
What are the key obstacles to introducing a preventative approach in Northern Ireland?
Reading Time: 3 minutes In recent years ‘Preventative Expenditure‘ (PE) has gained a high level of political consensus. There are many definitions, and this imprecision has resulted in departments sometimes claiming that all of their expenditure is preventative. Generally
Should the Assembly break the constituency link with Westminster?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The May 2016 election was the last at which 108 Members would be returned to the Assembly. At the next Assembly election there will be a reduction in the number of MLAs returned. The Fresh
Justice
Planning
Statistics & GIS
Geographic Information Services in the Northern Ireland Assembly: What do we provide for Members?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Everything happens somewhere. How does the Northern Ireland Assembly’s in-house geographic information service help Members analyse and visualise complex data? Over 80% of data used by our public sector services – environment, health, education, security,