What’s the point of devolution if Stormont is afraid to act?
That reduces the prospect of a Stormont row and a repeat of the welfare reform crisis a decade ago. But in the long run there ...
'Giving 16-year-olds voting rights would help young people engage'
The Youth Assembly, which is made up of young people aged 12 to 16, is a platform for young people to communicate directly ...
Stormont one-off fuel payment for pensioners comes 'too little, too late', union says
A senior trade union figure has said Stormont’s one-off winter fuel payment for pensioners is “too little, too late”.
Welfare reform: Stormont to ‘work out implications for Northern Ireland’ of benefits shake-up
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said he had concerns but warned Stormont does not have the resources to mitigate all the ...
Stormont must get to work to help the long-term unemployed
Newton Emerson writes a twice-weekly column for The Irish News and is a regular commentator on current affairs on radio and ...
Stormont plan for housebuilders to fund wastewater system ‘risks penalising most deserving’, warns industry body
Plans for housebuilders in Northern Ireland to pay into a wastewater infrastructure fund could end up creating a “two-tier system”, the Chair of the NI Construction Group has warned.
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Covid lockdown five years on: Timeline of Northern Ireland's major milestones
A UK-wide plan was backed on November 22 to allow some household mixing "for a small number of days" over Christmas. The ...
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Teenagers in Northern Ireland debate lowering voting age
A group of teenage parliamentarians have come together to debate the merits of lowering the voting age in Northern Ireland to 16.
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Customers who applied for Storm Eowyn compensation ‘could face charges’, Stormont committee hears
One MLA said people had been "falsely" led to believe they would get compensation following the storm in January ...
The Independent4d
Stormont to ‘work out implications for Northern Ireland’ of benefits shake-up
Northern Ireland’s devolved government is set to ... Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said he also has concerns but emphasised Stormont does not have the resources to mitigate the changes.
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Stormont to ‘work out implications for Northern Ireland’ of benefits shake-up
Northern Ireland’s devolved government is set to ... In a post on social media on Tuesday, she said the Stormont Executive “must stand united in opposing these devastating cuts”, adding ...