Sammy Wilson MP MLA is Northern Ireland’s finance minister: How would you characterise the financial relationship between Stormont and London? It is fairly good if you consider the things we dealt with over the last three years. We were given an extra £250m for the police budget because of the uncertainties we were facing. …
One word sticks out from Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget speech by its omission – privatisation. Yet just days later the Financial Times reported Treasury negotiations that are intended to generate £3bn in capital receipts from the sale of the Government’s share of the tri-national Urenco uranium enrichment company. It may be true that the easy …
The riots that hit England’s city and town centres have caused politicians to challenge core assumptions about the nature of modern society. David Cameron asked: “Why? How could this happen on our streets and in our country?” A policy review launched by the Prime Minister sought to both answer this question and provide solutions through …