Politics
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Cutting constituencies
Peter Cheney weighs up the pros, cons and numbers in the drive for fewer seats. A smaller Assembly is on…
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Vicky Ford interview: Europe’s values
A banker turned politician, Omagh-born MEP Vicky Ford shares her recollections of Northern Ireland and explains the need to control…
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Scotland’s powers: the way ahead
Peter Cheney reviews the forthcoming changes to devolution in Scotland and the potential consequences for Northern Ireland’s system of government…
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Risks but no revival: Reg Empey’s UUP leadership
Sir Reg Empey’s five years as UUP leader in review. “A mammoth task” admittedly awaited Reg Empey on 25 June…
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Clean Neighbourhoods Bill
“Low-level environmental crime” such as littering, dog fouling, graffiti, noise and unwanted behaviour in back alleys is targeted in the…
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Clearing up waste law: the Waste Bill
The Assembly’s Waste Bill gives councils and the DoE equal powers to act against illegal dumpers and strengthens the law…
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The state to come: John O’Farrell
There is an alternative to cuts, John O’Farrell contends, as he explains the private sector’s dependence on public spending and…
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Floor-crossing: the ethics of leaving or changing parties
Usually, a politician will not resign and force a by-election if they cross the floor or become an independent. In…
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Kieran McCarthy MLA
Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy is Alliance’s Chief Whip and spokesman on health, and culture, arts and leisure. An Ards Borough…
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Economic policy summary
An updated overview of the Westminster and Assembly parties’ policies on economics, finance and business following the general election and…
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