Politics
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DUP conference: a new direction?
Traditional DUP conference rhetoric stood in stark contrast to Robinson’s appeal to moderate voters. Meadhbh Monahan reports. “There can be…
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UUP conference: looking forward
Ulster Unionists are weighing up their place in the political system and considering how to reverse a long decline.…
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SDLP conference: seeking recovery
Peter Cheney sums up the SDLP conference, where Alasdair McDonnell got off to a shaky start as leader. The party…
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Green Party conference
The Green New Deal needs more than £12 million from 2011-2014 but it does act as a roadmap to a…
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Brussels to Belfast
EU budget up 1.86% for 2012 After pressure from national governments, the EU’s 2012 Budget has been limited to a…
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Programme for Timidity
John O’Farrell finds the Executive’s plans falling short. You wait months for some news of government action on the economy…
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Westminster Notes
Winter fuel cut challenged A DUP motion calling on the Government to review its plans to cut winter fuel payment…
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MLAs’ books of the year
As thoughts turn to Christmas reading, Assembly members share their favourite reads of 2011. Conall McDevitt Walter Isaacson’s biography of…
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Assembly round-up
Slow progress on the Programme for Government is accompanied by a lack of legislation, as the year ends. Several MLAs…
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Justice Minister’s sunset clause
The Assembly must decide whether to keep or change the system for justice devolution by next May. Peter Cheney considers…
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