Politics
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Parity and welfare
Parity keeps benefits at the same level across the UK but gives Northern Ireland flexibility in how they are administered.…
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Welfare reform: getting it right for Northern Ireland
Advice NI Chief Executive Bob Stronge calls on MLAs to recognise advice services as an extra safety net. Since receiving…
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Mass job creation needed to tackle austerity
Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson calls on governments and the European Investment Bank to finance large job creation programmes and…
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Referendum plan opens up debate
As David Cameron proposes a poll on the UK’s EU membership, agendaNi sums up the positions of the local parties.…
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Northern Ireland’s European priorities
Economic development is the major focus of the Executive’s European policy but ministers are also welcoming a new Peace IV…
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A sense of entitlement
Conservative stereotypes about welfare aren’t backed up by the facts, John O’Farrell writes. The public believes that 27 per cent…
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Westminster notes
Bill committees attract attention Ian Paisley Junior’s comments on organised crime have focused attention on one of the lesser-known and…
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Assembly round-up
Tensions rose at Stormont as MLAs debated the flags dispute. The Assembly continued to debate the future of housing and…
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Karen McKevitt MLA
Karen McKevitt is an SDLP MLA for South Down. After serving as a councillor for Crotlieve on Newry and Mourne…
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James Prior’s Assembly attempt
Secretary of State Jim Prior attempted to restore devolution by setting up an Assembly with limited powers in 1982. Peter…
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