Plan B for Strangford Lough Crossing – Why This Time Can Be Different For most people around Strangford Lough, talk of a bridge or tunnel has become a bad joke. It has been discussed since the 1950s and yet nothing has ever appeared. All talk, no delivery. This “Plan B” is about showing why this […]
The UK Government provides funding to Northern Ireland primarily through the Block Grant to the Northern Ireland Executive, calculated via the Barnett Formula (with a needs-based adjustment to 124% of comparable English spending per the Interim Fiscal Framework). This forms the core of the Executive’s Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for resource (day-to-day) and capital spending.Additional […]