This is a tag applied to all posts published before May 2022. This is because they are all using the same single post template that won’t be used on new posts going forward.
This post examines financial support provided by Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) to businesses located in Northern Ireland (NI) from 2013-14 to 2017-18, identifying key… Read More »Where and why does Invest NI invest in NI?
This article is a revised and updated version of a post originally published in June 2017.
The perceived underfunding of social care was a significant political issue in the 2017 general election. It is easy to forget, however, that the ‘formal’ care sector of nursing and residential homes, plus allied services, is underpinned by a much larger ‘informal’ sector of family and friends of the person being cared for. In a related article, we examined the legislation and policy framework behind this sector. Here, we review the facts and figures relating to informal carers in Northern Ireland. A detailed paper on this topic was recently published by the Research and Information Service (RaISe).
This article is a revised and updated version of a post originally published in June 2017.
This article outlines the contribution made by carers to supporting the formal care system and the issues they face in undertaking the caring role for family members and friends. Legislative developments across the UK are discussed as well as issues relevant to carers and how these are being addressed in Northern Ireland (NI) and beyond. A fuller briefing paper on these issues was published by RaISe in March 2016. In a related article, we examine some of the key statistics relating to the informal care sector in Northern Ireland.
Read More »Supporting carers in Northern Ireland: Where are we with legislation and policy?
Measures which show the spatial distribution of deprivation have been used in Northern Ireland since the 1990s, and play a prominent role in terms of… Read More »Multiple Deprivation in Northern Ireland: Latest results
The most recent Global Report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) states that over 71 million people were ‘of concern’ in 2017.… Read More »Fleeing from conflict: Refugees and Northern Ireland
Higher Education (HE) students everywhere are turning their attention towards exams. Many not only face their final exams, but also the decision over where… Read More »Where do they come from, where do they go? NI HE student enrolments and leavers
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This article unpicks key recent developments relating to public finance in Northern Ireland (NI), while there is no functioning Executive or Assembly and there is… Read More »Public Finances in Northern Ireland: Key recent developments and how they may affect you
Rates are a property tax paid by households and businesses. There are two different types of rates in Northern Ireland, domestic rates for residential properties… Read More »What are rates and why do we pay them?
Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent HMRC annual trade data, see here. This blog post… Read More »Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2017
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