Trades union desk
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Don’t blame red tape
John O’Farrell argues that cutting employment regulations is a low priority for business and small businesses create relatively few jobs.…
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Policy-based evidence-making
The Leveson inquiry shows how influential opinions rather than solid facts are often used to back up policy change, John…
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Public Affairs
Trade Union Desk
John O’Farrell argues that regional pay will drive down demand and prolong the recession. Sammy Wilson does not always see…
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The value of nothing
When government is urged to change the law by very interested parties, the least they should do is come up…
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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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Reform re-formed: pensions and banking
John O’Farrell compares the speed of reform in public sector pensions to the slower pace in banking. Walt Whitman once…
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US comparisons
America’s working poor pose a stark warning for Northern Ireland as the economy stagnates, John O’Farrell contends. Investing in R&D…
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Cracking on (to the bottom)
Tax havens take money from public services, John O’Farrell warns, and lower corporation tax will have the same effect. The…
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Betraying the future
Cuts are limiting the post-Troubles generation’s prospects, John O’Farrell warns. In March 2011, unemployment in Northern Ireland had officially passed…
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Devolving the cuts
The emerging Budget makes little sense without a Programme for Government, John O’Farrell warns, and devolved governments have the freedom…
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