All posts tagged "Northern Ireland Executive"

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  Elected representatives return to Northern Ireland Assembly

  Civil servants in Northern Ireland are to once again work under the direction of elected leaders, three years after the province’s government was dissolved. The stalemate between the region’s two

  • Posted January 13, 2020
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  Public services “crying out” for political leadership, says Northern Ireland’s civil service chief

  Civil servants are used to working without ministers during election campaigns or coalition negotiations. But Northern Ireland’s officials have been without elected leaders for two and a half years –

  • Posted July 31, 2019
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  UK signals greater powers for Northern Ireland civil servants

  The UK government intends to give civil servants in Northern Ireland greater powers to make decisions in the absence of local elected leaders, the Westminster administration’s minister for the province

  • Posted September 12, 2018
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  Court appeal to decide Northern Ireland civil servants’ powers as political shut-down continues

  A Northern Ireland government department is to appeal against a court ruling that senior civil servants have exceeded their remit, in a bid to win clarity over officials’ powers and

  • Posted May 22, 2018
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  Former Northern Ireland civil service head to join peace charity board

  The former Northern Ireland civil service permanent secretary, Sir Malcolm McKibbin, is to join the board of Co-operation Ireland: a charity that works to advance peace and reconciliation between Northern

  • Posted August 23, 2017
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