Politics
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Local Government (Disqualification) Bill
Purpose: to end dual mandates between the Assembly and local councils. An Assembly private member’s Bill is entering its final…
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Elections: the rules for voting and standing
As elections approach, Peter Cheney checks out the lesser known rules for voting and standing. Canadians, Jamaicans, Rwandans and Germans…
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Balancing a busy workload
agendaNi examines the problems involved in multiple committee membership. Sitting on more than one committee is “time consuming” and eats…
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Assembly round-up
Decision day approaches at Stormont as the Assembly starts to cut its own spending. Debates in November covered a potentially…
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Sean Neeson MLA
Following a 33-year political career, Alliance’s Sean Neeson has decided not to stand in the next Assembly elections. The East…
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A multi-layered Minister: Nelson McCausland interview
Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Nelson McCausland tells Meadhbh Monahan how his personal beliefs affect his work and how he…
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Towards a budget
Peter Cheney assesses the DUP’s financial plans and the room for agreement with Sinn Féin. While Sinn Féin pre-empted the…
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Assembly spending review reaction
Assembly members were called back from recess to discuss the way forward after the spending review announcement. The special debate…
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Cuts and social policy
As the Government outlines what is to be cut to tackle the deficit, agendaNi takes a look at how the…
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Think tank reaction
agendaNi reviews how the spending review was received by the UK’s main think tanks. “By cutting spending by 77 per…
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