Politics
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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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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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SDLP leadership contest
The SDLP faces its second leadership campaign in two years, with Margaret Ritchie announcing that she will not defend her…
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Labour and Northern Ireland elections
Labour considers election rights Labour has agreed to open talks on contesting elections in Northern Ireland, after pressure from local…
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Sinn Féin ard fheis: Towards a new Republic
Meadhbh Monahan reports on the Sinn Féin ard fheis, where a sense of ‘getting on with it’ pervaded the proceedings.…
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Boundary Commission constituency proposals
A major political upheaval is predicted as plans for new constituencies are published. Peter Cheney sums up the main changes.…
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