Politics
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Westminster and devolution: who does what?
Devolution in Northern Ireland divides government policy into three categories. As a rule, responsibilities are transferred to the Assembly, subject…
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Sharing power locally
Power-sharing or the lack of it becomes contentious in areas where one community is a small minority. Nationalists have claimed…
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Out from the crowd
By all accounts Northern Ireland is well represented at local government level. A total of 582 councillors sit across the…
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Southern local cuts
With 29 county councils, 75 town councils, five city councils, eight borough councils, eight regional authorities and two regional assemblies…
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Changes in the local arena
Now in its sixth year since the last poll, the local government landscape has slightly altered but not through the…
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Reform and deadlock
With reports that the new 11 councils will be postponed to 2015, as agendaNi went to press, local government reform…
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All politics is local
agendaNi reviews an election result which saw Northern Ireland keep its ‘semi-detached’ status but also suggested the province’s MPs could…
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Advising government
In the early hours of the morning on 12 April, the Attorney General for England and Wales ceased to hold…
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Queen’s speech
Royal pomp and ceremony make the State Opening of Parliament almost a routine but there was a real sense of…
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UK Coalition Agreement
Agreed programmes for government are common in Europe but a novelty in British politics. This 36-page final agreement between the…
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